Violations carry large fines and prison sentences of up to 35 years. An official statement said: "The royal consort's behaviours were considered disrespectful," showing "disobedience against the king and the queen" and abusing her power to give orders on the king's behalf. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn has reconciled with his royal consort, whom he stripped of her titles last year. As the country mourned the loss of King Bhuminbol in the nation’s capital of Bangkok, the late king’s son marched proudly in the procession accompanied by his wife Suthida Tidjai. “At one point during the band’s second number, he jumped up on to the head table and began lapping from the guests’ water glasses, including my own. Maha has ruled Thailand since the death last year of his father who was married to Sirikit for 66 of those years. Foo Foo hit the headlines once again when a video from its birthday party surfaced online. Do you have a story for The Sun Online news team? Soon afterwards he hooked-up with his latest wife Vajiralongkorn - who is nicknamed Nui. Vajiralongkorn, 66, also known by the title King Rama X, became constitutional monarch after the death of his revered father, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, in October 2016, after 70 years on the throne. His third wife was Srirasmi Suwadee, who had worked for the prince since 1992. His wife relinquished her royal titles soon afterwards and agreed to a divorce after 13 years of marriage after being awarded a £4.4million settlement. 4 years ago. For many years, criticism of the king, queen, crown prince, and more recently, former kings, members of the royal family, and even their pets have been strictly prohibited. The 34-year-old had become the first royal consort in Thailand for almost a century in almost 25 years and meant she was an official companion to the king but not the queen. Just three months later, the king stripped her of her new position, fortune, title and rank, claiming she had been disrespectful to the queen and disloyal to him. In a letter written in 2011 they said: “We were ordered by our father not to return home to Thailand. explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. Relevance. At the celebration of its 67th birthday last Sunday, Rama X officially named his mistress Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi "Royal Noble Consort." Srirasmi gave birth to the couple's son, Prince Dipangkorn Rasmijoti, in the same year and was made a princess by her husband, who vowed his wild days were behind him. The marriage was kept from the public for four years, finally been disclosed in 2005. Indeed, his string of failed marriages and apparently insatiable appetite for women - his own mother Queen Sirikit branded him a womaniser - has had Thais quietly gossiping for years. The monarch even threatened to sue Facebook over the startling shots, taken in 2016 by a passer-by who recognised the king. Among the dignitaries at their wedding were Prayuth Chan-ocha, the leader of the military junta that has run Thailand since a 2014 army coup. After dud Texas lawsuit, Republican Sen. Ben Sasse says that the Supreme Court 'closed the book on the nonsense.' The prince then had his daughter brought back to Thailand. In a leaked document, Mr Boyce said: “Foo Foo was present at the event, dressed in formal evening attire complete with paw mitts. The Thai king Rama X now officially has two wives. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. His four sons say they were banned from returning by their father. Asia. 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Our. Bavaria is under lockdown, like the rest of Germany, and the hotel should be closed down along with all the others but it was apparently been given "special permission" to remain open for the king and his bizarre court. THE King of Thailand has gone into 'isolation' during the coronavirus outbreak with TWENTY of his girlfriends, say reports. Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn and his wife, Queen Suthida, during the coronation ceremony at the Grand Palace (Image: Public Relations Department of Thailand via Getty Images) The surprise announcement was carried in the Royal Gazette and footage from Wednesday's wedding ceremony was later shown on the nightly Royal News segment aired on all Thai television channels. He made it an Air Chief Marshal in the Royal Thai Air Force and the dog appeared at official functions dressed in a dinner jacket. well, in your Western terminology, they would be mistresses - but you have to realize that there is often a different set of values and way of thinking here - I had a taxi driver in Bkk. Despite repeated requests, Princess Soamsawali refused to divorce her husband until he finally got his wish in 1993, claiming the fault of the marriage's failure lay squarely at his wife's door. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. In 1996, he denounced his second wife, who fled to the United States, and disowned four sons he had with her. 69 - Years since Thailand’s last coronation, in 1950. But in stark contrast to his father, Brit-educated Maha has already divorced three times - and is now on his FOURTH wife. While the king took the throne after the death of his father, his formal coronation follows a mourning period for King Bhumibol, whose royal cremation was held a year after his death. Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn and Princess Srirasmi Akrapongpreecha have been married since 2001 The palace released this statement: "The king has granted permission to … But that aside, there's plenty more to love about Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn. Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun revealed he has wed his royal consort General Suthida Vajiralongkorn Na Aydhaya and … Answer Save. THAILAND’S KING APPOINTS HIS CONSORT AS QUEEN DAYS BEFORE HIS FORMAL CORONATION Rama X has been married four times. 12 - The 12th coronation for kings of the reigning Chakri dynasty. In 2007 Foo Foo was a guest at a reception held by the US Ambassador Ralph Boyce. Just three days before he was crowned king, Vajiralongkorn married his fourth wife, Suthida Tidjai, who was a former acting commander of Royal Thai Aide-de-Camp Department. The king, the statement said, had learned "she neither was grateful to the title bestowed upon her, nor did she behave appropriately according to her status". It's here that the King lives a life of luxury and quirkiness: walking through German shopping malls wearing crop tops and fake tattoos and hiring out an entire hotel to live in with his harem of lovers. Thailand’s king fires royal bedroom guards for 'adultery' Asia. A video leaked in 2007 showing a birthday party for Thai Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn's third wife Srirasmi Thailand's playboy king: the unbelievable true story - YouTube THAI King Maha Vajiralongkorn has married his long-term consort and given her the title Queen Suthida - just days before his coronation. 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