Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn announced on Wednesday that he had marr...
FILE PHOTO: Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn arrives for the annual Royal Ploughing Ceremony in central Bangkok, Thailand May 14, 2018. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo
The announcement, carried in the Royal Gazette, came just before the official coronation of the king, 66, on May 4-6. In 2014, Vajiralongkorn appointed Suthida Tidjai, a former flight attendant for Thai Airways, as a deputy commander of his bodyguard unit. The king made Suthida a full general in December 2016, and the deputy commander of the king’s personal guard in 2017. He also made her a Thanpuying, a royal title meaning Lady.
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