2 મે, 2019

"The king of Thailand has married the deputy head of his personal security detail, and given her the title of queen..."

"King Maha Vajiralongkorn, 66....  has been married and divorced three times before and has seven children. A royal statement said: King Vajiralongkorn 'has decided to promote General Suthida Vajiralongkorn Na Ayudhya, his royal consort, to become Queen Suthida and she will hold royal title and status as part of the royal family.'... In 2014 Vajiralongkorn appointed Suthida Tidjai, a former flight attendant for Thai Airways, as the deputy commander of his bodyguard unit. He made her a full general in the army in December 2016."

BBC reports.

35 ટિપ્પણીઓ:

RMc કહ્યું...

From stewardess to general to queen! That's a heck of a career path.

Jaq કહ્યું...

It’s good to be king!

rhhardin કહ્યું...

Women like that stuff. The King of Thailand is revered, but it might have been the previous one. Anyway he stayed out of politics and tried to reconcile everybody who was squabbling about the issues of the day.

gilbar કહ્યું...

from Missionary to teacher to queen! That's how they did it in the movie.

Ann Althouse કહ્યું...

"Women like that stuff."

If by "like" you mean the way people like to see suffering in human beings they're in danger of envying.

rhhardin કહ્યું...

I meant women like powerful men. As far as I know the current king isn't a tyrant about it.

Automatic_Wing કહ્યું...

"It's good to be King" - Mel Brooks

David Begley કહ્યું...

Can she shoot a gun? She is a general.

Mary Beth કહ્યું...

from Missionary to teacher to queen! That's how they did it in the movie.

Anna didn't become queen. She kept a young girl from becoming another concubine.

daskol કહ્યું...

Lèse majesté is illegal in Thailand, but it must be a difficult transition in that country from the beloved, long ruling king to his more or less wayward son. The king stayed out of the squabbles to an extent, but I wouldn't say the previous king stayed out of politics exactly: with the govt turmoil of the last nearly two decades, and especially since 2014, he was a significant force of stability. The new king has already involved himself in politics more aggressively than his father, getting into a little squabble with the militar junta a couple of years ago.

daskol કહ્યું...

I imagine making his consort a full general was part of his squabble with the military junta.

Fernandinande કહ્યું...

Maybe now they'll finally give me some grandchildren.

Shane કહ્યું...

"It's good to be the King."

Ann Althouse કહ્યું...

"I meant women like powerful men. As far as I know the current king isn't a tyrant about it."

The woman looks so unhappy in that photograph. I don't find the king appealing at all. I don't think the story of her ascension is nice at all.

Ignorance is Bliss કહ્યું...

Kamala Harris is a piker

William કહ્યું...

It's good to be king, and even better to be king by divine right. From what I've read, though, many of them have unhappy and thwarted lives. You would think that kings, pornstars, and celebrity chefs would be content with their station in life, but so many of them come to bad ends.

gilbar કહ્યું...

Mary Beth corrected me, saying ...Anna didn't become queen
Oops! believe it not, i've NEVER seen it :)
Thanx for straightening me out!

William કહ્યું...
આ ટિપ્પણી લેખક દ્વારા દૂર કરવામાં આવી છે.
daskol કહ્યું...

He does not seem like a nice man. And being his wife is a bit dangerous, both because he has a wandering eye and because of what he's done in the past to former wives and their families (and his own children).

અજ્ઞાત કહ્યું...

K Harris very jealous...

eddie willers કહ્યું...

Etcetera etcetera etcetera

tcrosse કહ્યું...

Caligula made his horse a senator. If he really was a god he would have made a senator into a horse.

robother કહ્યું...

Probably a sound move on his part. Better a queen than head of his personal security, especially if he has a roving eye..

rhhardin કહ્યું...

Lese majeste probably means no nagging.

Wince કહ્યું...

Isn't the King of Siam supposed to be bald?

Marc in Eugene કહ્યું...

The photograph of the new queen prostrate and raising her hand in supplication to the king-- even with it obvious that the entire court present was also doing the ceremonial prostration-- must have incited several dozen fits of apoplexy in the feminist activist camp.

Gahrie કહ્યું...

Thailand is a patriarchal society, and it's version of Buddhism is also.

Unknown કહ્યું...

Good one can you write something about new emperor of Japan?? about his ceremony??
ceremony can be watched here https://newsupd.com/2019/05/01/japan-new-emperor-naruhito-assumes-throne/

Big Mike કહ્યું...

If you're a king you can do that. They let you grab them by the ...

Swede કહ્યું...

Guys do crazy things for pussy.

News at 11.

The Cracker Emcee Refulgent કહ્યું...

"stewardess to general to queen! That's a heck of a career path."

A bit like Melania Trump. I get the why, but some of these accessions must be a bit mind-blowing to the women involved. It may not be all beer and skittles but, fuck, the stories you'll be able to tell!

Fernandinande કહ્યું...

can you write something about new emperor of Japan?

I was just getting used to the old one.

Jaq કહ્યું...

rhhardin said...
Lese majeste probably means no nagging


+1

rcocean કહ્યું...

We've been to the old Thai Palace, where there's a covered walkway so the King could go visit his harem without anyone seeing. Ah, those were the days when being a King meant something.

Nichevo કહ્યું...

Ann Althouse said...
"Women like that stuff."

If by "like" you mean the way people like to see suffering in human beings they're in danger of envying.

5/2/19, 6:17 AM

If by "people" you mean women.

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