查尔斯王子在1997年香港回归主权交接仪式上的演讲及演讲稿
英国王储查尔斯在参加1997年中英香港政权交接仪式时所写的日记最近被英国媒体公开。他在日记中慨叹：“这是帝国的末日……”，点击查看查尔斯关于参加香港主权交接的过程和心情日记，我们一起来看看查尔斯王子在1997年香港回归主权交接仪式上的演讲及演讲稿吧。
查尔斯王子1997年香港回归主权交接仪式英语演讲稿全文：
31. Speech by Prince Charles at Hong Kong’s Handover Ceremony
31. 查尔斯王子香港主权交接演讲
This important and special ceremony marks a moment of both change and continuity in Hong Kong’s history. It marks, first of all, the restoration of Hong Kong to the People’s Republic of China, under the terms of the Sino-British Joint Declaration of 1984, after more than 150 years of British administration.
今夜这个重要、独特的仪式，将在一刻之间，凝聚了香港历史的改变与延续。首先，仪式标志着香港在英国管治 150多年后，根据1984年签署的联合声明而交还给中华人民共和国。
This ceremony also celebrates continuity because, by that same treaty and the many subsequent agreements which have been made to implement its provisions, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region will have its own government, and retain its own society, its own economy and its own way of life.
同时，本仪式也庆贺延续，因为根据同一条约，和其后为实施条约而签订的许多协议，香港特别行政区将拥有政府，保留自己的社会与经济体系和自己的生活方式。
I should like to pay tribute this evening to those who turned the concept of "one country, two systems" into the Joint Declaration, and to the dedication and commitment of those who have worked so hard over the last thirteen years to negotiate the details of the Joint Declaration’s implementation. But most of all I should like to pay tribute to the people of Hong Kong themselves for all that they have achieved in the last century and a half. The triumphant success of Hong Kong demands—and deserves—to be maintained.
今夜，我要向当年把"一国两制"的思想体现于联合声明之中的诸位致敬，同时，对过去13年间付出极大努力，献出了忠诚与决心，为实施联合声明而商讨细节的诸位，我也要向他们致敬。但我更要为香港人在过去一个多世纪里亲手创造的一切而向他们致敬。此地的辉煌成就，必须延续下去，也应该延续下去。
Hong Kong has shown the world how dynamism and stability can be defining characteristics of a successful society. These have together created a great economy which is the envy of the wor1d. Hong Kong has shown the world how East and West can live and work together. As a flourishing commercial and cultural cross-roads, it has brought us together and enriched all our lives.
香港已向世人证实，一个成功的社会，是可以集拼劲与稳定于一身的。拼着拼劲，靠着稳定，此地建立了一个举世艳羡的庞大经济体系。同时，香港又向世人证实，东方与西方，是可以和谐共处的。这个发达的商业和文化交汇点，使四海犹如一家，丰富了每一个人的生命。
Thirteen years ago the Governments of the United Kingdom and the People’s Republic of China recognised in the Joint Declaration that these special elements which had created the crucial conditions for Hong Kong’s success should continue. They agreed that, in order to maintain that success, Hong Kong should have its own separate trading and financial systems, enjoy autonomy and an elected legislature, maintain its laws and liberties, and be run by the people of Hong Kong and be accountable to them. Those special elements have served Hong Kong well over the past two decades. Hong Kong has coped with the challenges of great economic, social and political transition with almost none of the disturbance and dislocation which in other parts of the world have so often accompanied change on such a scale.
13年前，联合王固和中华人民共和国政府都已在联合声明中一同肯定，为香港的成功开创重要条件的这些独特元，素，都应该继续维持。双方都同意，为了保持成功，香港必须拥有本身的贸易和金融体系，享受自主和一个由选举产生的立法机关，和维持本身的法律和各种自由。同时，管治香港的应是港人自己，并向港人负责。过去20年间，香港都因为这些独特的元素而获益。期间，香港应付了各种经济、社会和政治转折带来的挑战，而这种巨变在世界其他地方所通常造成的纷乱，在香港却几乎从未出现。
The United Kingdom has been proud and privileged to have had responsibility for the people of Hong Kong, to have provided a framework of opportunity in which Hong Kong has so conspicuously succeeded, and to have been part of the success which the people of Hong Kong have made of their opportunities.
联合王国曾为港人负上责任，为香港提供框架，使港人得以把握个中机会，创出光彩夺目的成就，而在他们的这些成就中，也有我们的一份参与。凡此种种，都使我们既感自豪，也感荣幸。
In a few moments, the United Kingdom’s responsibilities will pass to the People’s Republic of China. Hong Kong will thereby be restored to China and, within the framework of "one country, two systems", it will continue to have a strong identity of its own and be an important international partner for many countries in the world.
联合王国的责任即将转交中华人民共和国。香港将交还给中国，而在“一国两制”的框架内，香港将继续保持其鲜明个性，继续是世界多国的重要伙伴。