Card debts, dozens of concubines and orgies: how the king of Thailand lives
'28.08.2020'
Source: Lenta.ru
The king of Thailand lives like a real rock star: women, money, parties, debauchery. Details of the antics of one of the most extravagant kings - in the material Lenta.ru.
The current king of Thailand, Maha Vachiralongkorn, with a fortune of 56 billion euros, is considered one of the richest monarchs in the world. He became a darling of tabloid newspapers long before his accession to the throne. The world media published news about his magnificent weddings, loud divorces, noisy parties, revelry and all sorts of eccentricities. So, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the monarch flew from his native kingdom to Germany to isolate himself in a prestigious ski resort, surrounded by 20 concubines.
“The tenth king of the Chakri dynasty will bring with him chaos and the decline of the state,” says an ancient Thai prophecy.
The tenth monarch was Maha Vachiralongkorn.
Although the role of the king in Thailand is ceremonial, it is customary for the people to love and honor him. This is due to both a thousand-year habit and the world's strictest law on insulting the ruling dynasty. However, in recent decades, most Thais have dreamed of anyone but Wachiralongkorn ascending the throne.
The authority of his father Bhumibol, King Rama IX, who ruled the country for 70 years, was indisputable (he was considered the savior of the nation), and Vachiralongkorn, in his youth, was known as a violent and irrepressible, moreover, unrestrained ladies' man. The crown prince was famous as a man who does not tolerate rejection of women. It was believed that if he looks at a girl he liked for more than five seconds, it means that soon his assistants will come to her and urge her to visit the chambers of the heir to the throne.
"The princess was on her knees in a thong and ate a cake from the same plate with a poodle."
The current monarch has been married four times and divorced three times. The first time he was forcibly married to his cousin Soamsavali. She was a stout and narrow-minded girl. It is not surprising that a forced marriage did not cool the ardor of the loving prince. On paper, this marriage lasted longer than the others, but almost never lived with Makha's wife. Almost immediately after the wedding, he brought the actress Yuvadhida closer to him, who bore him five children.
After the divorce, his first wife retained the title of princess and remained at court. The crown prince married his mistress, but the idyll did not last long - Yuvadhida fled Thailand and took her children with her. And the crown prince, publicly accusing Yuvadhida of treason with the air marshal, sent her nude photographs to all embassies and newspapers in Bangkok.
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The prince began to appear more and more often in bars in the company of half-naked women, and at official events - in the company of his ex-wife Soamsavali. In 2001, the heir to the Thai throne married again, his chosen one was a former waitress, who after marriage with the crown prince began to be called Princess Srirasmi Suwadi.
At this time, a video from the party that the prince threw in honor of his dog's birthday was leaked to the media, which caused a lot of noise at court. The video shows a princess in only a thong - she kneels by the Wachiralongkorn chair and eats a birthday cake from the same plate with a poodle.
Princess Srirasmi Suwadi's reverent attitude towards Fu-Fu did not help save the marriage: the couple divorced in 2014. The crown prince not only stripped his ex-wife of all titles, but also forbade her to see her son.
Five years later, after the death of his father, Wachiralongkorn remarried. This time the stewardess Suthida became his chosen one. The world media has seen a picture in which the queen lies prone at the feet of her august husband.
A few months after the wedding, King Rama X had an official mistress named Niramon Ounprom, who was bestowed the title of Chief Marshal of the Air Force. However, this relationship did not last long: in October 2019, he fired his official concubine, accusing her of excessive ambition and ingratitude.
Prince gangster
Other news about Wachiralongkorn also leaked to the press. In the early 1980s, the prince was often spotted in the company of dubious business friends. The people of the future ruler were nicknamed "the prince-gangster", there were rumors that he was cruel to the servants and concubines.
“My son is a good boy, but he is a little Don Juan. Girls find him interesting, and he finds them even more interesting. If Thai citizens consider his behavior inappropriate, then he must either change himself or give up his rights to the throne, ”says Wachiralongkorn's mother, Queen Sirikit.
King Bhumibol tried as best he could to curb the character of his son and even cut the money for his maintenance. But this did not help - successive prime ministers of Thailand and high-ranking military officials tried to gain the favor of the future monarch, endowing him with lands, money and titles, as well as paying his gigantic gambling debts. He received his own F-16 aircraft, became a Marshal of the Air, Navy and Army.
Then the monarch sent his son to the United States to study for a military pilot. Piloting became another passion of the future monarch. After studying in the United States, the father sent his son to the Royal Defense College of Great Britain. At first, Wachiralongkorn studied well, but then he plunged headlong into noisy parties.
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Returning home, the heir to the throne continued to live in grand style. He ordered food from the Kingdom of Thailand restaurant, an establishment located in Great Britain, and boxes of food were delivered to him by Thai Airways. The future monarch ordered pizza only in Italy.
Of all European cities, the crown prince loved Munich the most. Here he acquired a residence on Lake Starnberger See worth 12 million dollars and started a garage with luxury cars, the price of which exceeds 200 thousand dollars. Pictures of these cars regularly appeared on the pages of German tabloids.
In July 2016, in the Bavarian capital, Wachiralongkorn, a Boeing 737 stepped off the ramp half-naked.
“Perhaps few people could have imagined that the crown prince of Thailand would look like this: the 63-year-old man was wearing low-rise jeans, a sleeveless crop top that barely covered his many tattoos, and sandals. He was holding another white poodle in his hands. His top looked like he stole it from his companion's wardrobe to show off as many tattoos as possible. Although she also does not really consider the rules of etiquette. She was wearing a bright top, skinny jeans and high heels, ”the German media described the appearance of the future king and queen of Thailand.
Here's the scandalous video:
As it later became known, Makha and his wife came for shopping. Everywhere the couple was accompanied by the prince's security - 30 people, dressed in strict business suits.
Photos of the appearance of the future head of state were circulated in the world press. In Thailand itself, they hardly knew about it. The video, in which the future monarch walks around the airport building, was banned, and on Thai Facebook it was completely blocked. The local government found the video offensive to the king and contrary to the country's laws, which do not allow criticizing the monarchy.
However, despite this, a year later, already being king, Maha again flew to Munich in the same form - in a top and half-lowered jeans. The kingdom's authorities once again demanded that Facebook remove "all posts with obscene images of the king", despite the fact that they have already managed to collect millions of views.
In a luxurious quarantine
Wachiralongkorn's father hoped very much that his son would settle down and ascend the throne. The coronation of Rama X took place three years after the death of his father, in May 2019. The first thing that the new monarch did was once again married and amended the legislation, thus obtaining the official right to have concubines.
In addition, he tightened control over finance - gained access to the Bureau of Crown Wealth Management, whose assets are estimated at $ 30 billion. Having achieved all this, the Thai king began to disappear in Europe.
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The king, who took up residence on Lake Starnberger See along with his harem, enjoyed two restaurants, a golf course and indoor pool, spa, bar, café and lounge area. However, the ruler was not limited to Bavaria alone, but flew on his own plane to Hamburg, since there were less stringent measures to contain the pandemic.
While Vachiralongkorn was vacationing in Germany with his companions, his wife was in a luxury hotel in Switzerland. This quarantine of the ruling family outraged many Thais. Although it is forbidden in the country to criticize the monarch (for this, they face imprisonment for up to 15 years), citizens began to express their discontent on Twitter, launching the hashtag #Why do we king.
Many experts believe that such an extravagant behavior of the head of state can turn his subjects against the monarchy and strengthen the position of supporters of the republican system.
