Bookmark Icons - NO INITIALS - is Google controlling Apple ?

Foxfive wrote:

I am having the same bookmark icon problem

What "bookmark icon problem" are you having? What is it the same as?

and I DISLIKE the INITIALS immensely

A screenshot would help.

Presumably you refer to the Safari browser - and the icons associated with your saved websites and pages.

As described, you have a corrupted file that resides within your Safari cached data - this file containing the website icons. This file needs to be deleted from your cached data; this file will be automatically recreated by your iPad:

Settings > Apps > Safari > Advanced > Website Data - use the Search dialogue to find data for "apple"

Identify the cdn-apple.com entry; with your finger, swipe the entry to the left to expose the associated red Delete button. Delete this entry (and just the entry) from the list.

Having deleted the entry, you can leave the settings page - and restart Safari.