Royal fever builds as Duke and Duchess of Cambridge fly into New York

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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expected to take the US by storm when the arrive in New York today for a three-day trip • New York is gearing up to give the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge a welcome to remember as the royal couple fly in for the start of a 48-hour visit to the Big Apple. • Neither the Duke nor the Duchess has ever visited the city before, and New Yorkers are said to be “hugely excited” about hosting them. • The Duke and Duchess will visit the Empire State Building, the 9/11 Memorial and the Metropolitan Museum of Art during their whistle-stop tour, and the Duke will also fit in a visit to the White House to meet President Barack Obama. • Danny Lopez, the British consul-general to New York, said: “Over the last few weeks it has been incredible to witness the level of excitement from people wanting to be part of this. • “The excitement in New York has been absolutely phenomenal.” • A spokesman for the Duke and Duchess said they were both looking forward to the visit “immensely”. • The spokesman said: “Their Royal Highnesses fondly remember the incredible welcome they received in 2011 when they visited California and which only stoked their enthusiasm to return to the country this time around.” • The royal couple, who are staying at the Carlyle Hotel, once the New York base of president John F Kennedy, will begin their visit by attending a private dinner hosted by long-term supporter Sir Martin Sorrell, the chief executive of the WPP advertising group, and attended by 15 supporters of the Duke and Duchess’s Royal Foundation charity. • Guests will include John Studzinski, chairman of the American Friends of the Royal Foundation, and other wealthy donors and millionaires the Duke and Duchess hope will become generous donors as a result of the dinner. • The Duke and Duchess will have no time for sightseeing or Christmas shopping during their brief stay in New York, as they are catching a scheduled flight back to London on Tuesday night immediately after a gala dinner at the Metropolitan Museum of Art to raise money for the St Andrews University 600th anniversary appeal. • Get the latest headlines http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ • Subscribe to The Telegraph http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... • Like us on Facebook / telegraph.co.uk • Follow us on Twitter / telegraph • Follow us on Google+ https://plus.google.com/1028913550727... • Telegraph.co.uk and / telegraphtv are websites of The Daily Telegraph, the UK's best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.

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