Riot police cover themselves with shields during a pro-democracy rally at 11th Infantry Regiment, in Bangkok, Thailand, November 29, 2020. — Reuters pic BANGKOK, Nov 29 — Hundreds of protesters marched on a barracks of Thailand’s royal guards unit today hoisting inflatable rubber ducks high above their heads, a whimsical …
Read More »Thousands of Thai pro-democracy protesters march on royal barracks wielding rubber ducks
Thousands of protesters marched on Thailand’s royal barracks last night holding inflatable rubber ducks – a symbol used by the peaceful pro-democracy movement to ridicule the police. Heavily-armoured officers defended by shields and banks of barbed wire kept the demonstrators from getting close to the King’s Guard headquarters in Bangkok …
Read More »Thailand’s King officially reinstates his mistress as royal consort
Thailand’s king has officially reinstated his mistress as his royal consort after releasing her from jail to rejoin his harem. The restoration of Sineenatra Wongvajirabhakdi to the good graces of King Maha Vajiralongkorn was confirmed by an official announcement published today in the Royal Gazette. The announcement, dated August 29, …
Read More »Thai king ‘pardons concubine and flies her to German harem’
The king of Thailand has pardoned his concubine after throwing her in jail last year and had her flown to Germany to join his Alpine harem, it is claimed. Playboy monarch Maha Vajiralongkorn, 68, has spent much of the pandemic in Germany with a reputed entourage of ‘sex soldiers’ assembled as …
Read More »A&E medic has coronavirus: Virus fear grips UK as NHS hospital worker is among eight with deadly bug
A taxi driver in Brighton has reportedly been told to self-isolate after coming into contact with a coronavirus patient, while an NHS A&E doctor in Worthing was today confirmed as being one of the eight Britons struck down by the killer infection. The unidentified taxi driver is believed to be …
Read More »Thai king fires palace officials for ‘extremely evil’ conduct
In this photo taken on August 26, Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn can be seen with former Royal Consort Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi (pictured). The King announced on October 21 that he would had stripped his 34-year-old consort,of all titles, a shock move less than three months after she was bestowed with a …
Read More »Thai king strips 34-year-old concubine of all her royal consort titles over ‘disloyalty to the king’
Thailand’s 67-year-old King Maha Vajiralongkorn has stripped his 34-year-old consort of all titles, less than three months after she was bestowed with the position in a bizarre kneeling ceremony. Former army nurse Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi was dismissed from the rank of ‘Chao Khun Phra’ for ‘disloyalty to the king,’ the Royal …
Read More »Sister, 30, of murdered backpacker Hannah Witheridge dies
The family of murdered backpacker Hannah Witheridge has been hit by a fresh tragedy with the sudden death of her sister. Laura Daniels, 30, died in hospital on Monday just five years and one day after her sister Hannah, 23, and fellow traveller David Miller, 24, were murdered on a …
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