The King of Thailand held an odd ceremony Sunday where he named one of his top generals and longtime girlfriend as his official mistress, a role that has not formally been acknowledged since 1921.

He will also be known as Rama X, the tenth king in the Chakri dynasty that was founded in 1782. ... Related: Thailand Mourns Its Beloved King in Black and White.

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 ...

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 ...

Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn will be carried on a golden palanquin through Bangkok's historic heart Sunday, a second day of coronation rituals which will ...

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 ...

King Rama X’s family and reign. King Maha Vajiralongkorn, or Rama X, took the throne in 2016 after his father, the highly respected King Bhumibol Adulyadej, died.

King Maha Vajiralongkorn, 72, took over the Thai throne in 2016 after the death of his father. Known formally as Rama X, he has been married four times and has a queen and a royal consort.

King Rama X Bridge, or Thotsamarachan Bridge, runs parallel to Rama IX Bridge. The widest cable-stayed bridge in Thailand, it forms part of the Rama III-Dao Khanong-Bangkok's outer ring road (West ...