Favicons gone in Safari

I just updated Safari to v16.3 running in MacOS 11.7.3

Safari no longer displays any favicons in the URL field.

Also, the favicons have disappeared from my start page.

I tried deleting the Favicon Cache but that does nothing. Restarting Safari does nothing either.

Is this a known issue?

Has Safari done away with favicons?

I'd appreciate any help....