英国国王查尔斯三世周五在对前殖民地圭亚那进行短暂访问期间，向阵亡士兵致敬，并对英国殖民时期在圭亚那的暴行进行了反思。这位君主希望借此次为期九天、涉及三个加勒比国家的行程，引起人们对气候变化的关注。但英国在奴隶制和虐待殖民地臣民方面扮演的核心角色，始终勾勒着此行的轮廓。
Britain's King Charles paid homage to fallen soldiers and reflected on colonial atrocities in Guyana during a whistle-stop tour of the former colony on Friday. The monarch is looking to draw attention to climate change during his nine-day visit to three Caribbean countries. But Britain's central role in slavery and mistreatment of its colonial subjects have traced the contours of the trip.
在圭亚那总理马克·菲利普斯的陪同下，查尔斯在位于乔治敦的一座公墓，向独立前为英国而战的阵亡士兵墓前敬献了仪仗花圈。在英国殖民时期当地居民被处决的地点，国王驻足沉思，这一姿态旨在表明他对这一历史不公的认知。
Joined by Guyanese Prime Minister Mark Phillips, Charles laid ceremonial wreaths on the graves of soldiers who fought for Britain before independence in a Georgetown cemetery. At an execution site of local people during British colonial times, the king paused to reflect in a gesture meant to indicate his awareness of this past injustice.
多位前殖民地国家元首曾要求就殖民统治和跨大西洋奴隶贸易道歉，后者让英国王室获利数百年。国王已承认这一现实，但未曾直接道歉。正式道歉必须来自英国政府。
Several heads of state of ex-colonies have requested an apology for colonization and the transatlantic slave trade, which profited British royals for centuries. The king has acknowledged this reality but has stopped short of saying sorry. A formal apology must come from the British government."A lot of the wealth of the United Kingdom was derived from Guyana," lawmaker Terrence Campbell told AFP at a small demonstration."
“英国的大量财富源自圭亚那，”议员特伦斯·坎贝尔在一场小型示威活动中对法新社表示。“这是国王或许改变心意、就奴隶制发表道歉的合适时机和场合。”
This is an appropriate time and place for the King to maybe have a change of heart and issue that apology for slavery," he said.
王室方面则希望此次加勒比之行聚焦当下与未来，特别是气候变化这一当前威胁。国王基金会为石油资源丰富的圭亚那多个环保项目提供资金，该国国土面积虽小，却大多被森林覆盖。圭亚那“设法保住了极大比例的森林。
The palace instead wants the Caribbean trip to focus on the present and the future, particularly the current threat of climate change. The King's Foundation funds several environmental projects in oil-rich Guyana, which is a small country mostly covered in forests. Guyana has "managed to keep an enormous percentage of your forests.
“这是一项令人难以置信的成就，”查尔斯周五表示。他在全球生物多样性联盟大会上发表讲话，该会议汇聚了原住民社区、政府、私营部门、研究人员和金融机构，共同探讨国际保护工作。查尔斯在参观乌马纳亚纳——一座茅草屋顶的小屋和传统原住民聚会场所——时，隐约能听到远处抗议者的呼喊声。在分别访问巴哈马和圭亚那后，国王将由妻子卡米拉王后陪同前往安提瓜和巴布达，在那里他将出席英联邦政府首脑会议并发表讲话。据英联邦秘书长博奇韦透露，此次峰会将包括关于奴隶制赔偿的讨论。
That is an incredible achievement," Charles said Friday. He was speaking at the Global Biodiversity Alliance Conference, where Indigenous communities, governments, the private sector, researchers and financial institutions discuss international conservation efforts. The faint cry of protesters could be heard in the distance as Charles visited Umana Yana, a thatched hut and traditional Indigenous gathering place. Following solo stints in the Bahamas and Guyana, the king will be joined by his wife, Queen Camilla, in Antigua and Barbuda, where he will address a Commonwealth Heads of Government summit. The summit will include slavery reparations discussions, according to Commonwealth Secretary-General Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey.