Nicholl: Prince William was 'quietly delighted' by the 'great success' of his NYC trip

Katie Nicholl at Vanity Fair was tasked with putting a bow on Prince William's New York flop. We knew all of this would happen, even before William landed in Newark on Monday. We knew that most of the rave reviews of his trip had already been written by Kensington Palace and passed out to the friendliest, most sycophantic royal rota reporters. This is Nicholl's entire wheelhouse, although I'll give Nicholl some credit: she was getting briefed about William and Kate's newfound keenness for America well before the other royal reporters. Nicholl leaned into lavishing praise on William for . . .

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