西班牙600余年前的王室疑案终于告破

　　在迄今为止超过600年的时间里，西班牙人一直相信卡斯蒂尔(Castile)王子当年是被其叔叔亲手毒死的，而后者则借此当上了西班牙国王，但科学家们最近对该王子的干尸进行了一番研究，结果显示这位当时只有7岁大的孩子是因为自然原因而死的。

　　MADRID (Reuters) - For more than 600 years, Spaniards have believed Prince Sancho de Castile's uncle poisoned him to become king of Spain, but studies of the boy's mummified body show the seven-year-old died of natural causes.

　　据路透社12月23日报道，相关的医学检测结果证实，卡斯蒂尔王子很有可能是在1370年时死于诸如肺炎这样的肺部传染病，西班牙历史上最富神秘色彩的王室疑案或许真的从此真相大白了。

　　One of Spain's great royal legends may have been put to rest by medical tests that show Sancho, son of King Pedro I "the Cruel" of Castile, and a successor to the throne, was likely to have died in 1370 of a lung infection such as pneumonia.

　　卡斯蒂尔的遗体从1409年起一直被埋葬在西班牙的一所修道院内，按照修道院方面的说法，科学家们在这位王子的身上没有找到任何氰化物、砒霜或是其他类型毒物的痕迹，而长久以来人们始终认为其叔叔恩里克就是用那些东西将他害死的。该修道院的修女玛丽亚-哈兰说：“这个结果告诉我们，王子压根儿就不是被人毒死的。”

　　Examinations of the prince's body have found no trace of cyanide, arsenic, mercury or any other poison his uncle, Enrique, was believed to have used to kill him, according to the convent where the prince's remains have lain since 1409.

　　"It appears the prince wasn't poisoned after all," the convent's Sister Maria Jesus Galan said on Saturday.