5 有魅力的王子 威兒的世界(doc)
5. Prince Charming Will’s World On the occasion of his 18th birthday, the world was getting a rare look at the man who was born to be the king of England. The shattered boy who marched bravely behind his mother’s coffin1 years ago has emerged as thoughtful young man--a thoroughly modern monarch2. 　　With a smile disarmingly3 like Diana’s and his father’s sense of duty, William has the makings of a thoroughly modern monarch. As befits4 a 21st- century prince, he’s being introduced to his future subjects through the media. Although he’s still very young and no one knows what challenges he’ll face, imagery clearly will have to be a top priority. The birthday pictures released tells the story of a young man equally at home or on the rugby5 field or in front of a computer. He’s a leader, but also one of the boys, and seems remarkably comfortable in his own skin. It’s a very different image from the stiff and formal portraits of Elizabeth and Charles at the same age. 　　Because he’s been sheltered from publicity, William is very much an unknown quantity to most of his future subjects. And he seems to like it that way. At almost every photo opportunity in the past few years, William has appeared at best shy and often deliberately distant. Photographers frequently complained that they would go through many rolls of film just to get a few frames in which William was actually smiling. William is said to have hated the paparazzi6 who emerged from nowhere when he was out with his mother and, as he grew older, he reportedly avoided appearing in public with her. He preferred holidays with his father at Balmoral in Scotland, where the flashbulbs7 could be kept at bay by acres of royal land. 　　William thrived on Eton’s legendary playing fields, excelling at rugby, football, swimming and water polo.The birthday pictures show him participating in all these sports with some gusto8,enjoying a rough
5 有魅力的王子 威兒的世界(doc)