A new era has begun in Thailand with the accession of King Rama X, succeeding his much loved father King Bhumibol, who died in October after a 70-year reign. On Thursday, the 64-year-old former ...

BANGKOK, Thailand — Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn was crowned at the Grand Palace on Saturday as part of his much-delayed coronation two-and-a-half years after ascending the throne. The king ...

After 49 days of uncertainty, Thailand has a new King. Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, 64, officially accepted an invitation by the Thai government on Thursday to assume the throne. The new Rama ...

Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun will be officially crowned as the 10th king of the Chakri dynasty on May 4, after taking the throne following the death of his father ...

King Maha Vajiralongkorn, Rama X of Thailand, was crowned Saturday in a dazzling show of pageantry, laced with Hindu and Buddhist ritual, vowing to reign "with righteousness" on behalf of the Thai ...

Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun pays his respect to the monument of King Rama I after signing a new constitution in Bangkok, Thailand April 6, 2017.

The king of Thailand left the safety of his luxurious lockdown with a harem of 20 women — to pick up his wife in Switzerland and then take a 20,000-mile trip to their homeland for a national … ...

The item dates back to the 18th century, although one of King Vajiralongkorn’s ancestors, Rama IV, who ruled Thailand from 1851 to 1868, subsequently attached a huge Indian diamond to its 26 ...

Thailand's coronation ceremonies for King Maha Vajiralongkorn will be the first in 69 years. ... King Rama IV said "Walawichani", in the Pali language, refers more to a whisk-like item, ...

Rama X married his former consort and Thai Airways flight attendant, General Suthida Vajiralongkorn back in May. ... THAILAND'S KING APPOINTS HIS CONSORT AS QUEEN DAYS BEFORE HIS FORMAL CORONATION.

On Dec. 5, 1999, Thailand’s then-ruler, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, left, is shown with his wife, Queen Sirikit, and then-Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn on the king’s 72nd birthday. (Sakchai ...