Royal couple visits New York, as New Yorkers scramble to catch a glimpse

In 1776, after hearing George Washington read out the Declaration of Independence in lower Manhattan, angry colonists stormed down to Bowling Green to pull down a statue of King George III and melt its gold-gilded lead into munitions to shoot at the British. What a difference 250 years makes On Wednesday, George’s great-great-great-great-grandson Charles — King Charles III — was in the neighborhood. Throngs of Americans sought to catch a glimpse, as Charles, along with his Queen Consort Camilla, embarked on a daylong tour through a now former colony that once fought a war to kick his ancestors out.

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