Prince William and Duchess Kate welcomed by hundreds in New York City

[Purveyor]

Vanity Fair spoke with several people who waited outside in the cold for a glimpse of the royal couple, holding bouquets that they hoped to get to Kate. Carol Polock said she showed up at the Carlyle at 9:30 a.m., and would also try to see William and Kate at a Brooklyn Nets game Monday night and the Met on Tuesday. When asked why she braved the crowds and low temperatures, Polock responded: "I think it's just the whole fairy-tale thing. It's just exciting."

Before William and Kate return to Great Britain on Tuesday night, they will attend a party for the American Friends of the Royal Foundation. William will also meet President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden at the White House to discuss wildlife conservation and attend a meeting at the World Bank. Kate will visit a child-development center with the first lady of New York, Chirlane McCray, and attend a lunch for British achievers.
- - Catherine Garcia

http://theweek.com/article/index/273190/prince-william-and-duchess-kate-welcomed-by-hundreds-in-new-york-city

[Lil Missy]

1. Good looking couple. n/t

[snooper2]

26. selective breeding LOL

You can do that with goats too




This is a white goat, which gets its name from the Saanen valley in Switzerland, where selective breeding of dairy goats has taken place for several hundred years.

The Saanens in the UK started with an importation of goats from Holland in 1922, and these had an enormous influence on the development of British goats.
Since 1922, there have been importation of goats from Switzerland in 1965, semen from Switzerland in 1993 and goats from Holland in 1997/98.

[elleng]

2. And you found a need to post this, to add

puke?

[jaysunb]

8. Yes...that kinda had me scratching my head. n/t

[HappyMe]

32. lol!

Yeah, it's to show how oh so progressive people are ... or something.

[Journeyman]

3. I remember well when his parents came to town, and we Irish all lined the streets to shout . . .

"Up Chuck and Di! Up Chuck and Di!"

I'm older now and recognize them as the anachronism all such piffle represent.

There are some who criticize welfare mothers, and others who cluster before the Carlyle to welcome one to town.

[SamKnause]

4. "I think it's just the whole fairy-tale thing."

I really do not know how to respond this.

[Nye Bevan]

7. Americans love royalty, princes and princesses, castles and palaces.

It's one of the few things Americans don't have.

[SamKnause]

10. I'm an American. (Going back many generations)

I do not love 'royalty'.

I don't think 'royalty' should exist in the year 2014.

We have presidents in the U.S. and they are treated like 'royalty'.

People being placed on undeserved pedestals benefit no one.

I would not open the front door to meet a king, queen, prince, or princess.

Fairy tales are for children.

P.S. I wouldn't open the front door to meet the majority of people who have been president in the U.S. either.

Respect and admiration should be earned.

It should never be given because of a title.

[LittleBlue]

28. Same here. I find the whole thing detestable

Lordships, knighthoods, etc. All disgusting. How can those people call each other lord and lady with a straight face?

I'd be polite to Kate and William out of respect to the British people, but not standing around fawning over them.

[Octafish]

30. Thank you.

Believe all people are equal is most Democratic.

[Long Drive]

37. Indeed

Just because a person has a title DOES not improve their human standing. What if we titled them LUCKY SPERM instead of LORDS?

[easychoice]

5. wildlife conservation and a meeting at the World Bank

Conservation of Prince Charles' property.He is the largest private landowner on earth.He lobbies in his own behalf when needed.
As for the Bank one shudders to imagine what kind of scummy crap is going on there.We'll never find out.

[Nye Bevan]

6. Hopefully at the White House discussion on wildlife conservation

nobody will mention William's trip to Spain to hunt wild boar and deer.

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/feb/09/prince-william-hunting-wildlife-appeal

[Recursion]

15. Are either population threatened in Spain? (nt)

[CatWoman]

42. my understanding is hunting deer is necessary in order to control the population

or they will starve due to lack of and unavailability of food?

[treestar]

9. The World Bank?

Why would they need to meet with William?

[tammywammy]

13. He's speaking on:

His visit to Washington will be just a day long, on Dec. 8, and he will spend it attending an anti-corruption conference at the World Bank. He will represent the United for Wildlife coalition, of which he is president, in a discussion about the illegal transportation of wildlife across borders.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/prince-william-will-visit-dc-in-december--but-dont-expect-a-glimpse-of-him/2014/11/14/278c1504-6c1d-11e4-b053-65cea7903f2e_story.html

[treestar]

44. Thx - wonder how much the World Bank is really going to

take into consideration there!

[AtomicKitten]

11. They are a lovely couple.

Diana would be proud.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. I think she would be too, my dear AtomicKitten.

She worked hard to give her sons an idea of what ordinary people have to deal with routinely. Their upbringing wasn't all bowing and diamond crowns and ermine robes. She wanted them to be as "normal" as they could be, given their status at birth.

[AtomicKitten]

14. Those boys are her legacy.

[gerogie2]

16. Let us grovel at the feet of the pretty 1% n/t

The Royal family should be outlawed and all their property confiscated to be sold to the working poor.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

17. I think that's up to the Brits. The Royal family belongs to them, after all, not us. n/t

[Douglas Carpenter]

19. the vast majority of working class British don't agree

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/10206708/Confidence-in-British-monarchy-at-all-time-high-poll-shows.html

[B2G]

36. Are you implying our First Families aren't

a part of the 1%?

LMAO.

[longship]

18. Those who do not understand this importance do not have the proper inbreeding.

[Are_grits_groceries]

21. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's progeny

certainly scrambled the entire ancestral royal tree across continents. Trying to figure out relationships can give one a huge headache. Those who are charged with keeping up with such connections have to be taxed to the maximum.

[Are_grits_groceries]

20. I do not hold with the Monarchy.

It is an anachronism. However, the British people must deal with this as they see fit. I doubt they are enamored with our Congress as it is set up. Gerrymandering and such have created an anachronism of racist white men holding an oversized grip on our government.

That said about Royalty, I will not hold William and Kate personally responsible. They are the best of a questionable lot. Princess Diana certainly did her part to raise awareness by reaching out, literally, to AIDS victims and bringing the problem of land mines to the fore. William and Harry seem to be trying too.

I give William and Kate props for trying to create a better world. Their titles hold no draw for me. They were born into their situations which are privileged. How they use their status is important.

[WhiteAndNerdy]

22. Very well said. nt

[Albertoo]

23. Monarchy, why not? Lords gotta go.

If you're cold headed about it, Brit royalty pays for itself. They scrapped the luxurious Queen's yacht, pared down her allowance. Millions travel and spend their cash in London because it has that 'royal cachet'. Why not? People are entitled self-paying fairy tales.

But one of the richest men in Britain is Lord Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster. Guy owns a sizable chunk of London real estate. Did he do anything, invent anything? No. Did any of the past two, 3, 4 generations above him invent, earn that? No.

It's all good to feel a fuzzy feeling about queens and baby princes. Just trim the surrounding leeches.

[Mike Nelson]

24. Blech...

I don't believe in royalty.

[MisterP]

25. aww, does widdle Murka have an inferiority complex?

[snooper2]

27. Hardly, we have our own Queen who actually has some skills

[LittleBlue]

31. Inferiority complex with our 51st state?

LOL seriously, we have bases in their country.

They sit on thrones because we permit it. We could have withdrawn and let the Soviets deal with them the way they dealt with the queen's relatives, the Romanovs.

[RedCappedBandit]

29. Pathetic. nt

[B2G]

33. Petty little thread

What was the point?

[LordGlenconner]

34. To be the cynical, cool kids in class I suppose.

[B2G]

35. Probably. And those same people hurling over Kate and William

would be gushing over an Obama visit to England.

In fact, they have.

[HappyMe]

38. How many that turn up their noses at people

wanting a glimpse of the royal couple wait in line for hours or even a day or so for the latest iphone?

[B2G]

39. And waited in line for hours to see Obama? nt

[HappyMe]

41. Absolutely.

[hrmjustin]

40. Getting huge coverage here in NYC.

[olddots]

43. do you have Prince Albert in a can ?

Royalty it like celebrity with less fashionable clothes.