Thailand back to polygamy? 
Aug 4 2019, 08:16 AM, updated 7y ago
The King of Thailand held an odd ceremony Sunday where he named one of his top generals and longtime girlfriend as his official mistress, a role that has not formally been acknowledged since 1921.
King Maha Vajiralongkorn, also known as King Rama X, named Major-General Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi the new Royal Noble Consort, the official title for the chief concubine.
In the televised ceremony, which also fell on Rama X’s 67th birthday, he awarded Sineenat with four medals including the Most Illustrious Order of Chula Chom Klao, 1st Class and the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant.
Sitting alongside Rama X, was his new wife - of less than three months - General Suthida Vajiralongkorn.
Suthida, who was a former consort and Thai Airways flight attendant, married the King in an official ceremony on May 1 where was named the official Queen consort of Thailand.
This is the first time that a Thai king has openly had more than one partner since the end of the absolute monarchy in 1932.
The last Royal Noble Consort was named in 1921. The last four Thai kings were all monogamous aside from King Rama VIII who never married.
The king, the queen, and the consort
https://www.foxnews.com/world/thailand-king...cubine-new-wife
More pictures in post #48
This post has been edited by river.sand: Aug 27 2019, 10:02 AM
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