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英王儲(chǔ)查爾斯還350年前王室舊債
Prince Charles pays off royal debt ... 350 years late
[ 2008-06-13 09:18 ]

英王儲(chǔ)查爾斯還350年前王室舊債

A photo of Prince Charles. Heir to the throne Prince Charles on Tuesday paid off a family debt incurred more than 350 years ago -- but was spared the accumulated interest that could have run into tens of thousands of pounds.

Heir to the throne Prince Charles on Tuesday paid off a family debt incurred more than 350 years ago -- but was spared the accumulated interest that could have run into tens of thousands of pounds.

Charles handed over 453 pounds and 15 pence (572 euros and 20 euro cents, 885 dollars and four cents) which King Charles II failed to pay to the Clothiers Company in Worcester, central England, in 1651.

The king had commissioned uniforms for his troops to fight the republican forces of Oliver Cromwell at the Battle of Worcester the same year.

The modern-day Charles handed over the cash on a visit to the former headquarters of the royalist troops in the Faithful City, so-called because it remained loyal to his ancestor during the English Civil War.

"It seems that members of the Clothiers Company have a long memory," he said. "By long I mean nearly 400 years. Nevertheless, as a gesture of good will I come today prepared to honour this debt of 453 pounds and three shillings.

"I suspect that it will not have escaped your notice, however, I am resisting the immense temptation to pay the debt with full interest.I was not born yesterday."

The high commissioner of the Clothiers Company, Philip Sawyer, accepted the money and gave the future king a receipt.

If interest was taken into account, 453 pounds and three shillings in 1651 would have been worth approximately 47,500 pounds in 2007.

 

 (Agencies)

英國(guó)王位繼承人查爾斯王儲(chǔ)于本周二還清了英國(guó)王室350多年前欠的一筆舊債,但好幾萬(wàn)英鎊的高額利息卻一筆勾銷。

查爾斯王儲(chǔ)于當(dāng)天償還了這筆共計(jì)453英鎊15便士(相當(dāng)于572. 20歐元或885.04美元)的債務(wù),這筆舊債是英國(guó)國(guó)王查爾斯二世于1651年在英格蘭中部城市伍斯特的一家制衣公司欠下的。

國(guó)王曾委托這家制衣公司制作軍裝。同年,國(guó)王的軍隊(duì)在伍斯特戰(zhàn)役中抵抗奧立弗?克倫威爾的共和軍。

如今的查爾斯在近日訪問(wèn)這座“忠誠(chéng)之城”的前皇家軍隊(duì)總部時(shí),特地前往這家公司還清舊債。伍斯特之所以被稱為“忠誠(chéng)之城”,是因?yàn)樗谟?guó)內(nèi)戰(zhàn)時(shí)期一直忠于王室。

查爾斯說(shuō):“這家公司的員工看來(lái)記性不錯(cuò),這筆債務(wù)近400年了,但為了表示誠(chéng)意,我今天特地來(lái)還清這筆453英鎊3先令的舊債。”

“我想你們不會(huì)忘記這筆債,但我不會(huì)支付利息,我可不是三歲小孩哦?!?/font>

該公司高級(jí)專員菲力普·索耶代收了這筆錢(qián)并為查爾斯王儲(chǔ)開(kāi)具了收據(jù)。

如果將利息計(jì)算在內(nèi),截至2007年,這筆于1651年欠下的453英鎊3先令的債務(wù)本息總計(jì)約4.75萬(wàn)英鎊。

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Vocabulary:  

I was not born yesterday.: “我又不是小孩?!?/p>

 
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