Queen Elizabeth told the heads of more than 50 states Thursday that she wants the heir to the British throne, her eldest1 son Prince Charles, to succeed her as head of the Commonwealth2.

伊丽莎白女王周四向50多个国家首脑表示，她希望长子查尔斯王子王储接替她担任英联邦元首。

The British monarch3 made her plea at Buckingham Palace where she hosted the opening ceremony of the 2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting.

Although Queen Elizabeth succeeded her late father, King George VI, as head and has led the Commonwealth since the 1950s, there is no written rule that the job should automatically go to the serving British monarch.

Royal commentators4 described the Queen’s comments as a rare intervention5, just days ahead of her 92nd birthday this weekend.

The heads of governments will be debating the succession of their head when they hold a private retreat Friday at Windsor Castle.

The Commonwealth is an intergovernmental organization of 53 member states that are mostly former territories of the British Empire, with a combined population of 2.4 billion, a third of the world’s population.

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1 eldest
adj.最年长的，最年老的
参考例句：
The King’s eldest son is the heir to the throne.国王的长子是王位的继承人。
The castle and the land are entailed on the eldest son.城堡和土地限定由长子继承。
2 commonwealth
n.共和国，联邦，共同体
参考例句：
He is the chairman of the commonwealth of artists.他是艺术家协会的主席。
Most of the members of the Commonwealth are nonwhite.英联邦的许多成员国不是白人国家。
3 monarch
n.帝王，君主，最高统治者
参考例句：
The monarch’s role is purely ceremonial.君主纯粹是个礼仪职位。
I think myself happier now than the greatest monarch upon earth.我觉得这个时候比世界上什么帝王都快乐。
4 commentators
n.评论员( commentator的名词复数 )；时事评论员；注释者；实况广播员
参考例句：
Sports commentators repeat the same phrases ad nauseam. 体育解说员翻来覆去说着同样的词语，真叫人腻烦。
Television sports commentators repeat the same phrases ad nauseam. 电视体育解说员说来说去就是那么几句话，令人厌烦。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 intervention
n.介入，干涉，干预
参考例句：
The government’s intervention in this dispute will not help.政府对这场争论的干预不会起作用。
Many people felt he would be hostile to the idea of foreign intervention.许多人觉得他会反对外来干预。

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