英國重葬理查三世遠親卷福現場讀詩

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The reburial Richard III at Leicester Cathedral this morning was watched by millions of TV viewers across the globe.
今晨，在全球成千上萬電視觀衆的矚目下，理查三世重葬於萊斯特大教堂。

The event marks the culmination of a remarkable story ever since the remains of the last Plantagenet monarch of England were discovered by archaeologists under a car park in Leicester city centre.
這項儀式標誌着英格蘭金雀花王朝的最後一名君主非凡傳奇的高潮——這名君主被考古學家發現被埋於萊切斯特市中心停車場的下面。

Guests included Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch and fellow actor Robert Lindsay.
嘉賓包括扮演夏洛克的影星本尼迪克特·康伯巴奇，和演員同行羅伯特·林德森。

Cumberbatch, who is a himself a distant descendent of Richard III read a special poem during the ceremony written by the Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy.
康伯巴奇本身就是理查三世的遠親，他在儀式上個朗讀了桂冠詩人卡羅爾·安·達菲的一首特別的詩歌。

Richard

My bones, scripted in light, upon cold soil,
a human braille. My skull, scarred by a crown,
emptied of history. Describe my soul
as incense, votive, vanishing; your own
the same. Grant me the carving of my name.

These relics, bless. Imagine you re-tie
a broken string and on it thread a cross,
the symbol severed from me when I died.
The end of time – an unknown, unfelt loss –
unless the Resurrection of the Dead …

or I once dreamed of this, your future breath
in prayer for me, lost long, forever found;
or sensed you from the backstage of my death,
as kings glimpse shadows on a battleground.

小編提示：之前就有研究證明本尼親親是理查三世的遠親哦！到底是怎樣的遠親捏？看科學家詳盡道來！！

A scientist has discovered actor Benedict Cumberbatch and King Richard III are cousins.
一位科學家發現，演員本尼迪克特·康伯巴奇是理查三世的遠親。

Professor Kevin Schurer has revealed a link between Cumberbatch and the king which makes them third cousins, 16 times removed.
教授凱文·席爾透露，康伯巴奇是這位國王的第16代曾堂孫。

In a present-day twist the Sherlock star is set to play the former monarch on screen later his year.
在作爲當今的一個轉折點，這位夏洛克影星晚些時候要在熒幕上出演前君王理查三世。

It is estimated that between one million and 17 million people in the UK are connected, in some way, to Richard , whose remains were discovered buried beneath a council car park in Leicester in 2012.
據估計在英國，1700萬人中有100萬人和理查有血緣關係，理查三世的遺骸在2012年被發現埋在了萊斯特一個委員會停車場的下面。

But Prof Schurer, of Leicester University, said: “He (Cumberbatch) is more direct because he is a third cousin.
但是萊斯特大學的席爾教授說：“因爲他（康伯巴奇）是第三代堂兄弟，更有直屬關係。”

Cumberbatch will play Richard in the upcoming BBC Two drama series ‘The Hollow Crown - King Richard III’.
康伯巴奇將在BBC二套即將播出的英劇《空王冠：理查三世》中飾演這位國王。

Prof Schurer traced the line of descent, originating from Edward III - Richard III’s great great grandfather - all the way to Cumberbatch.
席爾教授追溯了血統系，從愛德華三世開始到理查三世高曾祖父——一直到康伯巴奇。

Richard III was killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485 during the War of the Roses and buried in a church in Leicester, which was later destroyed.
理查三世在1485年的波斯沃斯“玫瑰之戰”中被殺死，葬入萊斯特教堂，之後教堂被毀壞。