即使是英国女王也未能逃脱新冠肺炎疫情而导致的经济损失。但现在女王希望通过在网上出售袜子来填补王室6400万英镑的财政损失。

 

The new items on offer at the Royal Collection store come with hefty price tags, however, with the socks priced at £69 a pair.

然而，皇家收藏商店所出售的新产品标价很高，袜子的价格是69英镑（约合人民币610元）一双。

 

The website gushes¹: ‘Lovingly crafted and 100 percent cashmere, these luxurious² bedtime socks are sumptuously³ soft and the perfect present.’

该网站宣称：“这双奢华的睡袜做工精美，100%山羊绒，质地柔软，是送礼的最佳选择。”

 

And just in case the cable-knit socks, available in silver and ‘natural’ colors, are not warming enough, there are matching hot-water bottle covers, a snip⁴ at £115 – although that does include the rubber bottle itself.

如果银色和原色的扭绳花纹袜子不够保暖，还有配套的热水袋套，售价115英镑（约合人民币1017元），而这个价格也包括了橡胶水袋。

 

In contrast, the George at Asda version is just £5.

相比之下，阿斯达超市乔治牌同款产品只需要5英镑（约合人民币44元）。

 

With Royal palaces closed to visitors because of the pandemic, the Royal Collection’s online shop is the only way it can sell souvenirs – although those looking for cheap trinkets are likely to baulk at the eye-watering prices.

英国王室宫殿因疫情而对游客关闭，皇家收藏网上商店是出售纪念品的唯一途径——尽管那些想要购买廉价小饰品的人可能会因高昂的价格望而却步。

 

For instance, the Buckingham Palace Candle, noted⁵ for its ‘refreshing scent⁶ of delicate jasmine’ and whose design is said to be ‘inspired by the geometric planting of gardens of the French renaissance’, costs £115.

例如，白金汉宫蜡烛以其“清香的茉莉花香”而闻名，据说其设计“灵感来自法国文艺复兴时期花园呈几何分布的种植”，售价115英镑（约合人民币1017元）。

 

Among the cheaper items are a £12.95 Buckingham Palace ‘dog bandana’, and a timely range of face masks priced £9.95. Available in yellow, pink or blue, they are printed with a design inspired by a partridge eye pattern that features on an 18th Century porcelain⁷ collection amassed⁸ mostly by the extravagant⁹ George IV.

比较便宜的商品有12.95英镑（约合人民币115元）的白金汉宫“小狗围巾”，以及一系列售价9.95英镑（约合人民币88元）的口罩。有黄色、粉色或蓝色可选，印花设计的灵感来自于一种鹧鸪眼图案，这种图案是18世纪瓷器收藏的特色，这些瓷器大多是由奢侈的乔治四世收藏的。

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