Harry and Meghan's royal duties ending soon 哈裡和梅根即將停止履行王室職責

（註：原文發表於2020年2月。）蘇塞克斯公爵和公爵夫人的發言人表示，兩人將於3月31日正式卸下王室高級成員的頭銜。他們將不再代表英國女王履行王室職務，但王室會在12個月的過渡期後對兩人的後續安排進行審查。

There will be one last burst of engagements and then that will be it. Harry and Meghan’s public royal role will finish at the end of March. He will retain the ranks he earned in the forces but the honorary commands he holds, such as the captain generalcy of the Royal Marines, will be suspended.

兩人會最後出席一系列王室活動，此後正式退出王室。哈裡和梅根的王室角色將於三月底結束。哈裡將保留在英國部隊中獲得的軍銜，但他的榮譽軍職，如皇傢海軍陸戰隊總司令，將被停用。

The couple’s office in Buckingham Palace will close. Instead, their charitable foundation will represent them in the UK. The couple are planning to create a new non-profit organisation – details of which will be shared later in the year.

哈裡和梅根夫婦二人在白金漢宮的辦公室將關閉。但是，他們的慈善基金會則會變成兩人在英國的新形象。他們正在計劃創建一個新的非營利組織，具體細節將於今年晚些時候公佈。

At the same time, we’ll find out whether the couple will be able to use the word ‘royal’ in any way on their social media feeds or on their website, for example. Reports suggest that the palace has said ‘no’. One source said that those reports are going in the right direction.

與此同時，我們還將得知他們夫婦兩人能否在其社交媒體賬號上以及他們的網站上使用 “王室（royal）” 這個詞。一些報道稱，白金漢宮拒絕瞭此提議。一位消息人士說，這些報道的預測大致是正確的。

詞匯

engagements 活動，安排
ranks 軍銜
honorary commands 榮譽軍職
charitable foundation 慈善基金會
non-profit 非營利性的
source 消息來源

閱讀理解：請在讀完上文後，回答下列問題。

1. How many public royal roles will Harry and Meghan carry out in April?

2. What are Harry and Meghan going to create?

3. What might they not be able to do with the word ‘royal’?

4. True or false? Harry will no longer be the Captain General of the Royal Marines.

答案

1. How many public royal roles will Harry and Meghan carry out in April?
They will not carry out any public roles because their public royal role will finish at the end of March.

2. What are Harry and Meghan going to create?
The couple are planning to create a new non-profit organisation.

3. What might they not be able to do with the word ‘royal’?
They may be unable to use the word ‘royal’ in any way on their social media feeds or on their website.

4. True or false? Harry will no longer be the Captain General of the Royal Marines.
True. The honorary commands he holds, such as the captain generalcy of the Royal Marines, will be suspended from the end of March.