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The group submitted a 400-page legal petition to the Foreign Office earlier this month seeking an official apology and reparations from the UK.

A previous official visit to the Vatican was postponed earlier this year because of the poor health of the pontiff's predecessor, Pope Francis.

A longtime partner at the Washington law firm Williams & Connolly, Barnett was the go-to lawyer for politicians and public officials moving into private life.

The second was born Sept. 9 to a chimpanzee named Vindi, 18, the officials said.

There will be an official government consultation now, before legislation is brought to parliament.