The Duke of Edinburgh has long referred to the British royal family as “the Firm”, so perhaps we should not be surprised by moves to build an element of performance-related pay into the Civil List – the income the monarchy is paid by the taxpayer to fund its official duties. It is surely nothing more than good business practice.
愛丁堡公爵（Duke of Edinburgh，英國女王的丈夫——譯者注）一直把英國王室稱爲「公司」，因此，對於一些旨在令王室年俸(Civil List)具有某種跟業績掛鉤性質的舉動，我們或許不應感到驚奇。這種做法想必不過是一種良好的商業行爲。王室年俸是王室的收入來源之一，由納稅人支付，供王室履行法定職責。
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