As my home country, England welcomes the son of Kate
Middleton and Prince William, a future king, I thought it would be highly
topical to mention about Thai royalty.
I’m sure the news at home and in America is saturated with
news of the royal baby- here it’s not on any channel or news stand. Simply because
Thailand has their own royalty so international ones matter little, rather than
the Americans, who have Kardashians as the closest claim to royalty...
This is the king of Thailand. He, alongside his wife is framed inside of every school playground, classroom, hostel and roadside. You cannot go more than 10 minutes without seeing his picture. It's reverence approaching awe and worship- speaking ill of Thai royalty is also illegal. Foreigners have been jailed for this.
Jake's favourite game on the way to school (usually between a 40 minute and hour drive as volunteer accommodation is rural and 30 minutes from the nearest town...) is to play 'King'. Every time you see a picture of the king (or queen) you poke the person next to you.
This photo's for you Nan! It's Thailand's queen.
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