自威廉-亚历山大道歉以来已过去三年，请在你的加勒比海之行中效仿他的榜样。
亲爱的查尔斯国王，你目前正在对巴哈马、圭亚那以及安提瓜和巴布达进行加勒比海皇家访问。
It has been three years since Willem-Alexander said sorry, so please use your trip to the Caribbean to follow his example Dear King Charles, You are currently on a Caribbean royal tour through the Bahamas, Guyana, and Antigua and Barbuda.
我理解，在此次访问中，你不会就英国在跨大西洋奴隶贸易中的角色发表正式道歉，也不会谈及你家族在其中所扮演的角色。
I understand that during this tour you will not issue a formal apology for Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade, or address the role your own family played in it.
你将表达你的“悲痛”，这将使政客们也更容易回避这个问题。
You will instead express your “sorrow”, and this will make it easier for politicians to also dodge the question.
无论是凯米·巴德诺赫将道歉称为“自恋式的分心”，还是首相安迪·伯纳姆表示他会支持道歉，但明确反对赔偿。
Whether that is Kemi Badenoch calling an apology a “navel-gazing distraction”, or the prime minister, Andy Burnham, saying he would support an apology, while flatly opposing reparations.
拉乌尔·德容是一位荷兰小说家。
Raoul de Jong is a Dutch novelist