AN eccentric American says he will claim the British throne because of an obscure ancestral link.
一名古怪的美国人表示，因其鲜为人知的祖上关联，他将要求继承英国的王位。

Allan Evans from Wheat Ridge, Colorado, says he is a direct descendant of a royal Welsh bloodline dating back to the 3rd century. And he was going to claim the throne in 30 days.
来自科罗拉多州威特里奇地区的艾伦·埃文斯表示，他是皇家威尔士血统的直系后裔，该血统可追溯至第三世纪。而且他将在30天之内主张对王位的所有权。

Mr. Evans claims his ancestral links date back to the third century AD and that he is a descendent of Cunedda – a Welsh leader in the 5th century, who was according to legend sent to the region to stop Irish and Pict incursions.
埃文斯先生声称其祖上的关联可追溯到公元三世纪，他是库奈达的后裔，而库奈达是第五世纪威尔士的一位领袖，相传他被派到该地区阻止爱尔兰人和皮克特人的入侵。

He alleges that he descends from John Evans Sr of Aberfraw Parish, Anglesey, who according to the advert “was politically assassinated and the last known King of Wales”.
他宣称，他还是安格尔西岛阿伯弗罗地区老约翰·埃文斯的后裔，根据这则广告，老约翰·埃文斯“是被政治暗杀的，而且他是最后一位已知的威尔士国王。”

The ad claims to give “legal notice” of his intention to launch a claim in thirty days to “all said estate lands, assets, peerage titles, armorial bearings, Royal Titles, and the Royal Tithe and Crown of Wales.”
这则广告声称他将出具“法律公告”，在30天内主张对“一切所述财产土地、资产、贵族爵位头衔、纹章、王室头衔以及威尔士王冠”所有权的意向。

Her Majesty can rest easy however as Mr. Evans will not launch his claim in her lifetime for her ‘great service and self sacrifice’.
然而女王陛下大可放宽心，因为由于女王陛下“卓越的服务和自我牺牲”，埃文斯先生在她的一生中将不会主张他的所有权。

The Attorney General’s Officesaid they had not yet received any claim from Mr. Evans.
检察长办公室表示他们还未收到埃文斯先生的任何请求。

Website reported that in 2012 a man also called Allan V Evans from Wheat Ridge, Colorado, tried to claim 400 acres of land in Twiggs county, Georgia, USA, claiming that his ancestors lived there – but stating all his evidence was destroyed in a county courthouse fire in 1901.
据“13wmaz”网站报道，2012年，也是一位来自科罗拉多州威特里奇地区的一位名叫艾伦·V·埃文斯的男子试图主张其对美国乔治亚州特威格斯县400英亩土地的所有权，并声称他的祖先住在那里，但他表示自己的所有证据都在1901年县法院发生的一场大火中毁掉了。

（翻译：Dlacus）

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