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The many things the Queen can do that the rest of us can't(2)

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2015-09-07 16:03China Daily Editor: Yao Lan

·Most of us have to walk outside to draw cash but unlike the average citizen, the Queen has her own private cash machine installed in the basement of Buckingham Palace, supplied by exclusive fancy bank Coutts.

我们绝大多数都得出门才能取钱,但和我们不同的是,女王在白金汉宫的地下室里就装了她私人的自动提款机,由苏格兰皇家顾资银行(Coutts)提供.

·The Queen does not have to pay taxes, unlike the rest of us peasants. However, she has been voluntarily paying tax since 1992 because she's nice like that.

女王也不用向我们这些平民一样纳税.不过因为她觉得纳税这件事挺好的,自1992以来一直自愿坚持交税.

·The Queen holds the ability to fire the entire Australian government since she is technically the Head of State in Australia.

女王有权开除澳大利亚所有政府工作人员,因为严格意义上来说,她是澳大利亚的首脑.

·We can be arrested; Queen Elizabeth II cannot as she is immune from prosecution. Because the courts are under the power of the Sovereign, i.e the Queen, she is unable to prosecute herself because that would be ridiculous.

我们可能被捕,但因为伊丽莎白女王二世拥有起诉豁免权,她无法被捕.因为法院权力受制 于君主,即女王,所以要让她来起诉自己无疑是件不可能的荒唐事.

· Also, she cannot be compelled to give evidence in court since all prosecutions are carried out in the name of the Sovereign.

此外,也无人能强迫她在法庭上提供证据,因为所有的起诉都是以君主之名进行的.

· The Queen and members of the Royal Family are exempt from Freedom of Information requests, meaning you can't request to find out all her secrets – although earlier this year Prince Charles 'spider letters' were revealed to the public after a court ruling.

女王和别的皇室家庭成员不受信息自由法令(Freedom of Information)的约束,这意味着你不能要求挖掘女王的全部秘密——虽然今年早些时候查尔斯王子的'蜘蛛信件'在法庭判决后得以公开.

 

  

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