在爭議中，英國這樣慶祝了女王的生日……

趣味 06-09

英國當地時間6月8日，英國女王伊莉莎白二世慶祝了她93歲官方生日，並且檢閱了皇家軍隊。

英國女王伊麗莎白二世有兩個生日。女王是是1926年4月21日出生的，但是由於4月倫敦天氣欠佳，英國王室把英女王的官方生日慶典定在6月，且通常選在6月的第二個星期六。

在慶典當日，英女王乘坐馬車檢閱了皇家軍隊。

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英女王當天穿象牙色套裝乘馬車抵達，王儲查爾斯和長子威廉王子穿著王室制服騎馬抵達，哈里王子和妻子梅根則與凱特王妃及查爾斯夫人卡米拉同坐一車。

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這也是梅根產後第一次共公開亮相。

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She and Harry were then whisked away in a carriage to the Horse Guards Parade to join the Royal Family - and thousands of spectators - to watch 1,400 troops, 400 musicians and 200 horses march in the parade.

梅根和哈里乘坐馬車加入了觀看遊行的隊伍。王室成員和數千名觀眾一起觀看了遊行。1400名士兵，400名樂手和200匹馬參加了遊行。

Sharing the carriage with Kate Middleton and Camilla, Meghan chatted animatedly to her in-laws and beamed and waved at crowds of wellwishers.

梅根和凱特以及她們的婆婆卡米拉同坐一輛馬車。她和婆婆、妯娌談笑風生，並頻頻向熱情的群眾揮手致意。

Via Daily Mail

檢閱過後，女王率領皇室成員在白金漢宮露台檢閱空軍飛機。超過20架飛機參加了檢閱。英國紅箭飛行表演隊最後壓軸出場。

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王室寶寶們的表現最為吸睛，十分可愛。

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There were more cheeky antics from Prince George Princess Charlotte - who stuck their tongues out and pressed their faces up against the windows at the Palace just as they did last year.

喬治王子和夏洛特公主做了很多滑稽可愛的工作，他們伸出舌頭，把臉貼在宮殿的窗戶上，就像去年一樣。

Via Daily Mail

這還是路易王子的第一次王室活動。

Prince Louis joined in the fun too on what was his first royal engagement.

路易王子第一次享受到了王室活動的樂趣。

With his older brother and sister, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, stood nearby with Kate he waved at the well-wishers enthusiastically, as did his siblings, and carried on waving as his father carried him inside.

他和哥哥和姐姐喬治王子和夏洛特公主站一起，待在凱特邊上。他們一起熱情地向民眾揮手。威廉把他帶回去的時候，還依依不捨地揮手。

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英國君主官方慶生典禮 —— 「Trooping the Colour」的傳統已經超過250年。

The custom of Trooping the Colour dates back to the time of Charles II in the 17th. Century when the Colours of a regiment were used as a rallying point in battle and were therefore trooped in front of the soldiers every day to make sure that every man could recognise those of his own regiment.

英國君主官方慶生典禮 —— 「Trooping the Colour」最早可以追溯至17世紀的查理二世時期。在當時，為了讓士兵能辨別自己所在的兵團，避免混亂，每個兵團的制服於是就有了自己的顏色。

The first traceable mention of The Sovereign"s Birthday being "kept" by the Grenadier Guards is in 1748 and again, after George III became King in 1760, it was ordered that parades should mark the King"s Birthday. From the accession of George IV they became, with a few exceptions and notably the two World Wars, an annual event.

在英國，最早關於君主慶生的記錄是在1748年。後來從喬治四世登基之後，「Trooping the Colour」成了年度活動，除了兩次世界大戰期間，基本上年年都會舉辦。

但是對於這樣華麗麗的活動，英國民眾卻看法不一。

反對的人認為太鋪張浪費：

@ban_cash We"re paying for the lot. Far far too many

都是我們出的錢，我們在這上面花的錢太多了。

@Terry_ Collier.Not one Windsor has a job. Unless you call waving and smiling employment.

沒有一個「溫莎黨」（指皇室成員）是自己工作的，除非你認為搖搖手和微笑就是工作了。

@Fofofofofo To think the working poorer are still paying for these millionaires! Remind me of what century we are living in!

想想窮人要為這些百萬富翁付錢，我們生活在中世紀嗎！

支持的人認為王室成員可以帶來可觀的收入：

@nuffsenuff You obviously have no idea how many billions things like this bring to our economy.

@nuffsenuff你顯然不知道有多少這樣的典禮可以給我們的經濟帶來什麼。