“My great problem in life”, King Charles III once said as Prince of Wales, “is that I do not really know what my role in life is.” Becoming king in 2022 has amply(充分地) answered that particular complaint(抱怨). Charles is now Charles the Third, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of His other Realms and Territories, King.(查尔斯现在是查尔斯三世，蒙上帝恩典，大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国及其其他领土和领地之国王。) He is Head of the Commonwealth. He is also Keeper of the Cows, Seigneur of the Swans and the Duke of Normandy(查尔斯三世的奇特头衔). (Which might come as news to the French. Not to mention the cows.)
“我人生中的一大问题，”查尔斯三世国王还是威尔士亲王时曾说过，“是我并不真正知道自己的人生角色是什么。”2022年成为国王，充分回应了这一抱怨。查尔斯现在是查尔斯三世，蒙上帝恩典，大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国及其其他领土和领地之国王。他是英联邦元首。他还是牛群守护者、天鹅领主和诺曼底公爵。（这对法国人来说可能是个新闻。更不用说那些牛了。）
Today the question is not whether Charles has a role but whether he is doing his many jobs well. It has been four years since the longest-reigning(在位时间最长的) monarch in British history died and the longest-serving heir-apparent(法定继承人) took over(接任). Four years is, in one way, no time at all: Charles’s mother reigned for 17 times as long. Yet in this time the king has been diagnosed with cancer, seen one brother arrested and survived four British prime ministers.(然而在这段时间里，国王被诊断出癌症，目睹一个兄弟被捕，还经历了四位英国首相。)
如今的问题不是查尔斯是否有角色，而是他是否把众多工作做好。英国历史上在位时间最长的君主去世、在位时间最长的王位继承人接任，至今已四年。四年，从某种意义上说，根本不算什么：查尔斯的母亲在位时间是它的17倍。然而在这段时间里，国王被诊断出癌症，目睹一个兄弟被捕，还经历了四位英国首相。
He has welcomed Donald Trump for a state visit and endured the president’s threats to annex(吞并) his realm of Canada. On November 3rd he gave a speech in Antigua as head of the Commonwealth. He broached the subject of slavery (a tricky matter because some countries are demanding reparations), calling it a “shameful chapter of history” that filled his soul “with the most profound personal sorrow”.(他触及了奴隶制话题（这是一个棘手的问题，因为一些国家要求赔偿），称其为“历史上可耻的一章”，让他的灵魂“充满了最深切的个人悲痛”。)
他接待了唐纳德·特朗普的国事访问，并忍受了这位总统吞并其领地加拿大的威胁。11月3日，他以英联邦元首身份在安提瓜发表演讲。他触及了奴隶制话题（这是一个棘手的问题，因为一些国家要求赔偿），称其为“历史上可耻的一章”，让他的灵魂“充满了最深切的个人悲痛”。
