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As coronation begins, Thai king's future role still unclear

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By GRANT PECK

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So if I was in Thailand and stated he must have been a major embarrassment to his father, I would be arrested for lèse majesté illegal to defame, insult, or threaten the king, queen, heir-apparent, or regent.

Yep. If you're in Thailand it's better to avoid any political talk whatsoever.

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Ridiculous that anyone prostrated themselves in front of another human or that anyone allows others to prostrate themselves in front of them.

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Thailand actually claims extraterritorial jurisdiction for crimes of lese majeste, so even if someone were to defame the King while in Japan, they could be brought to justice if/when they ever set foot in Thailand.

Section 7 Crimes Outside Thailand

Whoever commits the following offences outside the Kingdom shall be punished in the Kingdom, namely:

1) Offences relating to the Security of the Kingdom as provided in Sections 107 to 129;

The lese majeste provision is in Section 112 of the Thai Criminal Code.

Section 112 Insulting or Defaming Royal Family

Whoever, defames, insults or threatens the King, the Queen, the Heir-apparent or the Regent, shall be punished with imprisonment of three to fifteen years.

Might be good to know for anyone who's a regular visitor.

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In the words of Mel Brooks - ‘It’s good being the King’

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Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn, right, presents a gift to Queen Suthida Vajiralongkorn Na Ayudhya 

Inside the box is a card that reads "Rise up and sit at my side, my beloved Queen."

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For king lying on the floor? I wouldn’t do that for king thing at all.

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Ridiculous that anyone prostrated themselves in front of another human or that anyone allows others to prostrate themselves in front of them.

Calm down, Chip, in the second photo she's sitting right next to him in the same position as he is.

It's tradition.

@tooheysnew That's "It's good to be the King."

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Lovely ceremony. She looks like she’ll definitely be treated as an equal. Nothing subservient going on there, nope.

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Read this and then say he'll be a wonderful king...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3835977/Thailand-s-crop-wearing-Playboy-Prince-Colourful-past-womanising-new-king-wife-sang-happy-birthday-G-string-DOG.html

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The first photo looks like the guys are playing twister on the floor.

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In view of his dubious past it is unlikely that the erratic King Rama X will long reign over his people. As always, the real power behind the throne is the military and a showdown with the new king is surely looming.

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Calm down, Chip, in the second photo she's sitting right next to him in the same position as he is.

It's tradition.

Well, in that case, it's not ridiculous at all. If something's a tradition, it's automatically excluded from the ridiculous.

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Y'know, this entire scenario makes me sad. Many countries that have/had monarchies started ditching this kind of thing when they learned how to modernize and become a king/queen/emperor for the people. People should only do this because they "choose" to, not because they "have" to. Being born into the "right" family means ***t all because in the end, we all die the same and become food for worms.

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