The unpredictable king of Thailand, Maha Vajiralongkorn, who is experiencing mass protests in Bangkok, is now accused of breaking his sister’s ankles.
Andrew MacGregor Marshall, the former Reuters office head in Bangkok, reported the shocking allegation in his newsletter, Secret Siam.
Marshall, who can freely cite his Thai sources without fear of the country’s cruel censorship laws since leaving Asia, reports that the king allegedly attacked her after she was overthrown by his dogs. Insiders claim he jumped on her legs or hit her with a cane.
The assault was allegedly caused by her confronting him about his plans to make his counterpart a second queen, along with his current wife, Queen Suthida.
The Thai nobility recently lived with rumors that King Maha X would elevate his official spouse, Sineenat “Koi” Wongvajirapakdi, to the status of full queen.
The proposed scheme apparently came off badly with his sister, Princess Sirindhorn, who went to see her brother about two weeks ago.
This seems to be a bad idea; the palace recently announced that Sirindhorn injured both her ankles during a fall and was taken to hospital, but according to MacGregor Marshall, citing ‘well-placed sources’ in ‘informed palace networks’, that it was less than half of the story.
He claims that during the meeting an angry row broke out and that she was knocked over by one of Vajiralongkorn’s dogs, and while she was lying on the ground, he either bumped on her ankles or hit her with a cane. both. ”
MacGregor Marshall says Sirindhorn underwent surgery on both ankles at Chulalongkorn Hospital and is unlikely to walk again for a few months.
An announcement about the promotion of Koi to the second queen of Thailand was allegedly planned for Tuesday, her birthday. In the wake of an official announcement later, the couple made a public appearance with matching blue dresses as they released fish and birds during a Buddhist ceremony at Wasukri Pier in Bangkok. Contrary to an article in the German newspaper Picture, an official announcement of her height has not yet been made.
If Koi is indeed promoted to the position of queen, it will mean a remarkable return for the 35-year-old former nurse.
Koi was only released from custody in August last year after spending ten months in a correctional facility. She was accused of arguing with the queen, but was then declared “uninfected” and recovered in her role as 68-year-old King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s official spouse.
Just as rumors of her release circulated, more than a thousand photos of her, including alleged nudity, were sent on SD cards to MacGregor Marshall and to Pavin Chachavalpongpun, a Thai academic and outspoken critic of the monarchy.
The king was only married in May 2019 to his current and fourth wife, Suthida, a few days before his coronation. He divorced his third wife in 2014. The relationship was made famous by a leaked video showing her feeding birthday cake to his poodle, Fufu, while wearing only a G-string and court servants in front of her and the king on crawled the floor.
Fufu appears in a previous embarrassment: Cables written by Eric John when he was the US ambassador to Bangkok, published by Wikileaks, set out the king’s strange obsession with the dog. According to the diplomatic cables, he worshiped Fufu and gave him the title of Air Chief Marshal. He is said to have brought the dog to an official dinner “dressed in a formal evening dress complete with paw gloves” where he drank from the guests’ water glasses.
Thailand is struggling with a deep recession by COVID-19 and the collapse of the important tourist trade.
Opponents of the ultra-rich royal family have been encouraged in recent months as students’ protesters rallied against the foundation.
Protesters recently protested by wearing crop tops and exposing their midriffs to mock the king, who was photographed wearing similar clothes at airports and in German shopping malls.
The protests were sparked by reports of the king’s great wealth, estimated by the London Financial Times between $ 30 billion and $ 40 billion, after sovereign funds were effectively placed under his direct control by the leaders of a successful 2014 coup.
He is believed to be the world’s richest king.
As The Daily Beast recently reported, Vajiralongkorn is also alleged to have built up an extraordinary fleet of 38 aircraft and helicopters for the exclusive use of the Thai royal family.
He has lived in Germany for the past few years, most recently at the Grand Hotel Sonnenbichl in Garmish-Partenkirchen, where his entourage of 20 concubines, all of whom received the same honorary title, also tarnished his local and international reputation.
Email addresses provided on Thai government websites did not work, with emails from The Daily Beast asking for comment. However, the Thai royals usually do not comment on inquiries about the press, partly because criticism of the royal family in the media is a violation under strict Your Majesty provisions of Thai law.
According to the news agency Prachatai, according to the recent count, there are now at least 55 people in the face Your Majesty charges.