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Thai king can return to Germany without visa, Berlin says

BERLIN (Reuters) – Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn does not need a visa to re-enter Germany, where the monarch has spent much of his time since taking the throne in 2016, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.

FILE PHOTO: Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn greets royalists at a candlelight vigil to remember the birthday of Thailand’s late King Bhumibol Adulyadej, outside the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand, December 5, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo

The king, 68, returned to Thailand in October amid mass student-led protests demanding curbs to new powers he has taken, plus the resignation of the ultra-royalist prime minister, who first seized power in a military coup.

It is unclear whether the king plans to return to Bavaria – where he spent much of 2020, drawing criticism as he and his entourage stayed in a hotel during the first coronavirus lockdown even though…

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