Reuters / Yahoo News: Britain's Prince William and Kate arrive on first trip to NYC [One reason for a renewed interest in the monarchy in Western nations is that kings and queens are supposed to see a deep value in their historic nation and traditional peoples, rather than seeing, say, Christian Englishmen and Muslims Africans as merely interchangeable economic units. Alas this appears not to be the case with the British Monarchy, although some see some slim hope in the young Royals attention to military duty.]

Britain's Prince William and Kate arrive on first trip to NYC

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate arrived on Sunday for their first visit to New York City, a whirlwind trip that includes visits to a Harlem child development center and the September 11 Monument and Museum.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, as they have been officially known since their 2011 wedding, are coming at a time when the city is facing a nightly series of street protests against police violence.

The demonstrations, which have featured brief blockades of intersections and bridges, could disrupt traffic during the visit and may raise new security concerns even though there has been no major violence so far in New York. ...

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