The monogrammed pillows are plumped and the 450-thread-count Italian sheets smoothed to perfection. But come tomorrow night, when the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge sweep into the art deco lobby of New York’s elegant Carlyle Hotel — the very establishment where Prince William’s mother Diana once held court — the couple will be preparing for a much sterner test than the quality of the bedlinen. It will, however, be a reassuringly comfortable arrival to the world’s brashest city, where a royal title is no guarantee of approval, or even affection. Just ask Prince Charles, who has never quite won the social success that was lavished on his late wife there. Source: dailymail.co.uk
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