TO some, she was Princess Diana, a global human rights campaigner. But to Prince William and Harry, she was simply their mother. The two have organized a concert for Diana on July 1, which would have been Diana's 46th birthday, at London's Wembley Stadium.

　　對(duì)有些人來(lái)說(shuō)，她是王妃，是一名為全球人權(quán)問(wèn)題不懈奮斗的戰(zhàn)士。然而，對(duì)哈里、威廉兩名王子而言，她只是他們的母親。7月1日，在戴安娜誕辰46周年之際，兩位王子在英倫圣殿舉辦了一場(chǎng)音樂(lè)會(huì)。

　　Ten years ago, on August 31 1997, Princess Diana died in a car crash in a Paris tunnel. She and her companion were being followed by the photographers who went wherever she went. It was said that the tragedy happened when her drunk driver sped up in an attempt to get away from photographers.

　　10年前，也就是1997年的8月31日，戴安娜王妃死于一場(chǎng)車禍中，事故地點(diǎn)位于巴黎的一個(gè)隧道中。當(dāng)時(shí)，那些如影隨形的記者們正緊跟在她和她的同伴所乘坐的車后。據(jù)說(shuō)，當(dāng)時(shí)她的司機(jī)喝了些酒，當(dāng)他試圖加速以擺脫記者們的拍攝時(shí)，悲劇便這樣發(fā)生了。

　　Back then, William was 15 and Harry was 12. Even today, the two princes said her death had cast a permanent shadow over their lives. In an interview this month, Harry said: "I have always felt that she never went away."  　 那時(shí)，威廉王子15歲，而哈里王子才12歲。直到現(xiàn)在，兩位王子仍沒(méi)有從母親過(guò)世的陰影中走出來(lái)。在本月的一次采訪中哈里王子說(shuō)道：“我一直都覺(jué)得她從來(lái)沒(méi)有離開過(guò)我們身邊。”

　　However, it is not just their mother's death ― at the terribly young age of 36 ― that has stayed with them, but the way she died. Harry believes the mystery of Diana's death will never be solved: "Whatever happened in that tunnel, no one will ever know."

　　然而，使他們久久不能釋懷的并不是他們的母親在年僅36歲的時(shí)候便離開了他們，而是她去世的方式。哈里王子認(rèn)為自己母親的死將永遠(yuǎn)是個(gè)迷，他說(shuō)道“隧道中究竟發(fā)生了什么，沒(méi)有人會(huì)知道的。”

　　There is no doubt that the relationship between Diana and her sons was a very close one. They have both said that she was a very loving mother. Losing her was a terrible blow, but it must have made the princes' growing up all the more difficult.

　　毫無(wú)疑問(wèn)，戴安娜生前和她兩個(gè)兒子的關(guān)系非常好。他們都認(rèn)為她是個(gè)慈愛(ài)的母親。失去她，兩位王子都受到很大打擊，但也使得他們克服重重困難長(zhǎng)大成人。

　　Few children faced the pressures William and Harry faced. Because they are important members of the British Royal Family, they have had to do their "growing up in public". The media is very interested in everything they say and do ― particularly the romantic and the foolish things.

　　威廉、哈里兩位王子面對(duì)了普通孩子們極少遇到的壓力。因?yàn)樗麄兪怯?guó)皇室重要的成員，他們必須在公眾面前成長(zhǎng)起來(lái)。媒體對(duì)他們所有的事情――尤其是浪漫的和愚蠢的都很感興趣。

　　Did you know?

　　你知道嗎？

　　For some, Diana's death is one of the great unsolved mysteries of the modern age. The official story called her death an accident. But others think it was a conspiracy. They believe that members of the British Royal Family planned to have Diana killed because she was more popular than them. Diana always presented herself to the public as the victim of her husband Charles and the Queen ― and the public believed her.

　　對(duì)有些人而言，戴安娜王妃的死是現(xiàn)代社會(huì)中一個(gè)最大的未解之謎。官方對(duì)外宣稱她的死是一場(chǎng)意外。然而其他人卻認(rèn)為那是一場(chǎng)陰謀。他們認(rèn)為是英國(guó)皇室策劃了這場(chǎng)謀殺，原因是戴安娜王妃的知名度已遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)超越了他們。在公眾面前，戴安娜總像個(gè)受害者一樣，忍受著她的丈夫查理和英國(guó)女王。對(duì)此人們也深信不疑。

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