It's been a busy year for the British royal family. The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall alone covered almost 48,000 miles to undertake 804 official engagements between April 2011 and the end of March this year. So who pays the bills?
對(duì)英國(guó)皇室來(lái)說(shuō)，這一年是忙碌的一年。從2011年4月到今年3月底，光威爾士親王和康沃爾公爵夫人為了參加804次官方活動(dòng)的路程就達(dá)到4萬(wàn)8千英里。那么誰(shuí)為他們的花費(fèi)買(mǎi)單呢？

Prince Charles' office at Clarence House released its annual review Friday, shedding light on how money is spent on the couple, as well as Princes William and Harry and, of course, the newest addition to the family, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge.
查爾斯王子位于克勞倫斯宮的辦公地，于上周五發(fā)布了年度回顧，清楚地揭示了查爾斯王子夫婦、威廉王子和哈利王子的財(cái)務(wù)支出情況，當(dāng)然還包括皇室的最新成員凱瑟琳王妃，即劍橋公爵夫人的支出情況。

As the queen's eldest son, Charles, Prince of Wales, is mostly funded by the Duchy of Cornwall, a private estate consisting of more than 200 square miles of agricultural, commercial and residential land in southwest England.
作為女王長(zhǎng)子的威爾斯親王，查爾斯，其花費(fèi)多數(shù)都是由康沃爾公爵領(lǐng)地資助?？滴譅柟纛I(lǐng)地超過(guò)200平方英里，是位于英格蘭西南部的私人農(nóng)業(yè)、商業(yè)和住宅領(lǐng)地。

In the 2011-12 fiscal year, the prince's private income from the duchy rose by 3% to slightly more than $28.5 million. He received an additional $3.42 million in public funding from Parliament and government departments, a year-on-year increase of 11.8%.
2011到2012財(cái)年，王子從公爵領(lǐng)地得來(lái)的個(gè)人收入略微增長(zhǎng)了3%，超過(guò)2850萬(wàn)美元。從國(guó)會(huì)和政府那里，王子還收到了公共資助的342萬(wàn)美元，與去年相比增長(zhǎng)了11.8%。

With more private and public income, Prince Charles' household spending increased by 4.1% to $15.3 million, and 135 full-time staff members received a pay raise of 3%.
有了更為豐厚的個(gè)人和公共收入，查爾斯王子一家的費(fèi)用支出也上漲了4.1%，達(dá)到1530萬(wàn)美元，家里全職的135名員工的工資增長(zhǎng)了3%。

So what is the expense of the royal family's newest member?
那么皇室最新成員的花錢(qián)情況呢？

"It's actually quite minimal," said Prince Charles' communications secretary.
“事實(shí)上她花得是最少的，”查爾斯王子一家的通訊秘書(shū)說(shuō)道。

A royal aide added that it would be "rather impolite" to disclose how much money had been spent on the dresses that hit front pages of newspapers around the world every time Catherine steps out in public. What we do know, though, is that Prince Charles pays for his daughter-in-law's outfits for official engagements.
另外，一名皇室助手說(shuō)，每次凱瑟琳王妃出場(chǎng)的穿著都占據(jù)全球的報(bào)紙頭版，透露這些衣著的花費(fèi)是 “非常無(wú)禮”的。我們所知道的就是，查爾斯王子負(fù)擔(dān)兒媳每次官方活動(dòng)的套裝費(fèi)用。

Anti-monarchy groups have criticized the royal family for using public money to travel. "Prince Charles gives little back to the country yet has a held sense of entitlement when it comes to accessing public funds," Graham Smith said Friday. "We believe time is long overdue that the government brought royal spending under proper control."
君主制反對(duì)者批評(píng)皇室利用公眾財(cái)務(wù)出游。“查爾斯王子一家?guī)缀醪换仞亣?guó)家，卻認(rèn)為自己理應(yīng)花國(guó)家的錢(qián)，”格雷姆?史密斯周五指出，“我們覺(jué)得政府早就該好好管理皇室的支出了?！?/div>

However, Prince Charles' communications secretary maintains: "Members of the royal family do a huge amount of work. ... We really feel it's fantastic value for money. As it happens, 90% of it is Prince Charles' own income, so it's not coming from central government?coffers."
但查爾斯王子一家的通訊秘書(shū)堅(jiān)持認(rèn)為：“皇室成員也做很多工作……事實(shí)上我們認(rèn)為自己的工作值那么多錢(qián)。查爾斯王子一家90%的收入都來(lái)源于自己的領(lǐng)地收入，而不是由中央政府的金庫(kù)所提供。”

Royal aides champion the prince's group of 16 charities as the greatest example of the royal family giving back to the public. Between April 2011 and the end of March this year, the Prince of Wales directly or indirectly raised more than $200 million for his charities, which support young people, the environment and enterprise.
皇室助手們擁護(hù)查爾斯王子的16個(gè)慈善機(jī)構(gòu)，因?yàn)檫@些機(jī)構(gòu)是皇室回饋公眾的最好例證。從2011年4月到今年3月底，查爾斯王子的慈善機(jī)構(gòu)直接或間接籌集了超過(guò)2億美元，這些錢(qián)用來(lái)幫助年輕人創(chuàng)業(yè)、改善環(huán)境以及自主企業(yè)。

After last year's royal wedding and the recent Diamond Jubilee celebrations,polls have showed that the British royal family is as popular as ever. Riding high on that wave is the household of the Prince of Wales, as exemplified by the 76,825 letters received from the public in 2011-12. That is more than double the mail from the previous year.
自去年的皇室婚禮和最近的鉆石周年慶典后，民意顯示，人們?nèi)匀缓鸵郧耙粯訜嶂杂?guó)皇室家庭。2011年到2012年收到的76825封公眾來(lái)信表明威爾士親王一家的受歡迎程度很高。信的數(shù)量比去年多了一半多。

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