NEW YORK — Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate arrived in New York City on Sunday, the royal couple’s first official visit to the U.S. and their first experience with the Big Apple.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s black Cadillac Escalade pulled up in front of The Carlyle hotel in Manhattan to a throng of media and shrieking admirers, who were kept behind police barricades across Madison Avenue.
Both smiled at the well-wishers. Kate, who is expecting their second child in April, showed off a small bump underneath her maroon coat.
“It’s good to be here,” William told the hotel’s managing director, Giovanni Beretta, who was outside the entrance to greet the royal couple.
The Carlyle was a favorite of William’s mother, the late Princess Diana, during her frequent visits to Manhattan in the 1990s. Other celebrity guests over the years have included Michael Jackson, Steve Jobs, John F. Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe. The Associated Press
