I had already had a rich and varied experience: I was born of English parents in Paris; and lived in France for nine years. Later I was educated at Eton and at the Royal Military College at Sandhurst.

我已经有了丰富多样的经历：我出生在巴黎，父母都是英国人；并在法国生活了九年。后来我在伊顿公学和桑德赫斯特皇家军事学院接受教育。