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  • Unlike the British royal family,

  • not much is known about Thailand's monarchs,

  • thanks to strict laws restricting reporting on

  • the Thai royals.

  • However, King Rama X isn't a complete mystery.

  • From marrying his bodyguard

  • to flying his own plane

  • and throwing a four-day funeral for his pet poodle,

  • here's everything we know about Thailand's eccentric ruler.

  • King Rama X was born on July 28, 1952.

  • His full name means "adorned with jewels or thunderbolts."

  • He was educated first at a palace school in Bangkok,

  • then prep and boarding schools in the United Kingdom,

  • before completing his overseas education

  • at the Royal Military College at Duntroon

  • in Canberra, Australia.

  • After graduating, the prince joined the Thai army.

  • He underwent advanced military training

  • not only in Thailand,

  • but also the UK, US, and Australia,

  • becoming an officer and qualified pilot

  • for both civilian and military aircrafts.

  • According to the BBC, the king still flies

  • his own Boeing 737 when he travels overseas.

  • Despite his military training, there were questions

  • of whether the prince was fit to rule.

  • Rumors of gambling, womanizing,

  • and associating with illegal businesses reportedly plagued

  • the prince's reputation.

  • In 1977, he married his first cousin,

  • but then got involved with a young actress

  • with whom he had five children

  • before the two married in 1994.

  • But just two years later, he publicly denounced her

  • and disowned his four sons.

  • In 2001, he married his third wife,

  • a lady-in-waiting,

  • but took away her royal title in 2014

  • and arrested nine of her relatives, including her parents,

  • on charges that they'd abused their connection to him.

  • After his father passed away in October 2016,

  • the prince ascended Thailand's throne

  • and became King Rama X,

  • the 10th monarch of his royal house.

  • In order to allow time for Thailand to mourn his father,

  • he waited three years for his coronation.

  • And three days before the highly anticipated

  • and lavish affair in May 2019,

  • the king married his fourth wife.

  • The palace had never acknowledged

  • the king's longtime romantic relationship

  • with the woman who helped command his bodyguards before.

  • But now, she was his queen.

  • The queen joined the king for his coronation festivities.

  • The procession, which involved 1,300 people

  • and elephants, took six and a half hours

  • and reportedly cost the government $31 million.

  • The South China Morning Post reported that

  • the king wore a 15-pound crown

  • and was carried on a palanquin by 16 people,

  • who changed every 500 meters.

  • Just two months later,

  • he made his rumored longtime girlfriend,

  • a major general, his royal noble consort.

  • The televised ceremony took place on

  • the king's 67th birthday,

  • with the queen at his side.

  • When the Thai royal palace later published a photo

  • of the king's consort wearing a crop top

  • and piloting a plane, its official website crashed.

  • According to The Times, King Rama X

  • is Thailand's first modern monarch

  • to openly have more than one partner.

  • However, in October 2019, the king stripped

  • his royal noble consort of her title, citing disloyalty.

  • According to the royal palace's official statement,

  • she was "ambitious," her behavior was "disrespectful,"

  • and she tried to "elevate herself

  • to the same state as the queen."

  • The statement also said that the king's consort

  • had attempted to prevent the queen's coronation.

  • The king stripped his former consort

  • of all royal titles and decorations,

  • as well as status in the royal guard

  • and military ranks.

  • Although Thailand is a constitutional monarchy,

  • the king wields much power.

  • He commands an estimated 5,000 troops

  • in the royal guard

  • and has much influence over the wealthy

  • Crown Property Bureau, which provides the palace

  • with an annual income of about $300 million.

  • Not to mention, as king, he can pretty much

  • do whatever he wants.

  • Including naming his pet poodle Foo Foo

  • an air chief marshal.

  • When Foo Foo died, the king gave him

  • a four-day-long Buddhist funeral.

  • Despite his responsibilities in Thailand,

  • he reportedly spends a large amount of his time

  • at his home in the German state of Bavaria.

  • An avid cyclist, the king has led a number

  • of biking events in Bangkok,

  • but if you see him out,

  • think twice before snapping a picture.

  • When a photo of the king was posted on Facebook

  • showing him wearing a crop top,

  • he threatened to sue Facebook,

  • saying the images were insulting.

  • Thailand's lèse-majesté law subjects anyone

  • who "defames, insults or threatens the king

  • the queen, the heir-apparent or the regent"

  • to a jail term of three to 15 years.

  • The same law allowed the king to imprison

  • his third wife's parents for two and a half years

  • on charges of "royal defamation"

  • and also imprison a Thai man for 35 years in 2017

  • for insulting the monarchy on Facebook.

  • At least two people arrested on royal defamation charges

  • have been found dead under mysterious circumstances.

  • The United Nations' rights body has issued

  • a warning that Thailand's use ofse-majesté

  • might "constitute crimes against humanity."

  • The legislation has been in effect since Thailand's

  • first criminal code was created in 1908.

  • And the military-backed government

  • says the law is needed to protect the monarchy.

Unlike the British royal family,

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