Powerful, rich, shrouded in secrecy: Thailand’s King Rama X
Thailand’s 66-year-old king remains an enigma, an inscrutable image carefully curated by trusted advisers. – AFP pic, May 2, 2019
A KING married four times with a penchant for piloting jets; a shrewd tactician with a hefty fortune and the army’s loyalty – snippets from the closely-guarded life of Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn who remains an enigma to his subjects. The 66-year-old heir will be crowned in a royal ceremony this weekend as Rama X of the Chakri dynasty, more than two years after the death of his beloved father King Bhumibol, widely revered as a figure of unity and man of the people.
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