NEW YORK—The eyes of the world will follow the Duchess of Cambridge on her first visit to New York when she tours a children’s development center in Harlem next week.
And for much of that global audience, that moment will be their introduction to the duchess’ companion: Chirlane McCray, New York City’s most powerful and divisive first lady in generations.
Mayor Bill de Blasio has repeatedly said that his wife is his closest adviser, one who influences him on staffing and policy and who “is the person with whom I’ve built everything I’ve done.”
Britain's Kate the Duchess of Cambridge (C) is given flowers by children at the Norfolk Showground in Norwich, England, on Nov. 25, 2014. The wife of New York's mayor Chirlane McCray will accompany the Duchess on her first visit to New York when she tours a children's development center in Harlem. AP Photo/Matt Dunham
