New York City paid the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge the ultimate compliment to welcome them to the Big Apple — by lighting the Empire State Building red, white and blue.
The royal couple were given a rapturous greeting by hundreds of hardy souls who braved freezing temperatures to wait for their arrival.
The Duke and Duchess were driven from John F Kennedy Airport, where they had landed on a scheduled British Airways flight, to the Carlyle Hotel, their base for their two-night stay.
The Empire State Building’s official Twitter feed said: “We welcome Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge by sparkling in red, white and blue.”
The Duchess, who is almost five months pregnant, wore a coat by the maternity label Sera
