Richest, Least Loved. Thailand’s King Turns 70 And Is Questioned For Abuses And Suspicion Of Corruption

And a. With one on Thursday, 28 July, there are already four birthdays that Thai people celebrate in honor of a king who appears neither on the balcony of his palace, nor on the national network. Since he came to the throne, in 2019, Maha Vajiralongkorn has spent all of his birthday in Bavaria, Germany, while the Kingdom of Thailand is invaded by gigantographies with his image and monumental parades at military speed. excessive birthdays – the reasons for their deployment and their cost – and in the absence of Maha’s, known as Rama X, might have gone unnoticed if it had not been for the pandemic. During the first and strictest coronavirus lockdown, Maha rented out an entire hotel in the Alps. According to German media, on 14 flights he took with him his crew of bodyguards, his harem of 20 concubines, his 30 poodles and a large part of his jewelry and works of art, as well…