Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn, famous for his opulent lifestyle and complicated personal life, holds the title of the ...

King and Queen ‘profoundly saddened’ by South Korea plane crash that killed 179 - The Jeju Air passenger plane skidded off a ...

Sineenat, 34, was the first royal consort in Thailand for almost a century. When she was given the title in July, it made her an official companion - but not a queen - of the king shortly after he ...

Thailand's King Vajiralongkorn has stripped ... She was appointed in July, just two months after the king married Queen Suthida, his fourth wife. Sineenat, who was a major-general and is a trained ...

Their Majesties the King and Queen have graciously shared a New Year’s greeting card for 2025, extending their blessings to ...

All four once-exiled sons of the king of Thailand have been allowed to return to their home country for the first time in ...

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 ...

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“I pay tribute to the work of the emergency responders and my thoughts are with the people of the Republic of Korea and Thailand at this terrible time.” The King said he and the Queen will be ...

On 27 October, the Royal Barge Suphannahong (or “golden swan”)carried King Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida along Bangkok’s mighty Chao Phraya river ... Taking to the river in Bangkok is to journey ...

King Charles and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer have paid condolences to the 179 victims of the South Korea plane crash ...