Wilmington, N.C. ? A children’s book about a prince whose true love turns out to be another prince will be available only to adults in an elementary school’s library, a committee has decided.

The book, called “King & King,” will be locked up at Freeman Elementary School in response to complaints by some parents, a school committee ruled Friday in an 8-3 vote.

The parents who initially complained after their first-grader brought home the book say the decision satisfies them. Michael and Tonya Hartsell said they never wanted the book banned.

“It might be appropriate in certain situations,” Michael Hartsell said. “But a child of this age shouldn’t have a choice.”

In the book, a queen tells her single son, Prince Bertie, that she had already been married twice at his age. The prince dismisses a line of eligible princesses before finally falling for Prince Lee.

The final page of the book shows the two princes kissing with a red heart covering their lips.

The Hartsells submitted a written complaint about the book to the school Monday, which resulted in a review by the committee of parents, educators and community members.

A second couple, Channing and Beth Hatcher, filed a similar complaint Tuesday.

The authors, Linda de Haan and Stern Nijland, of the Netherlands, have said they didn’t set out to write a controversial book.

School officials have said they didn’t intentionally order a book with a homosexual theme.