Thai king leaves ‘harem’ lockdown for 20,000-mile trip home
By Lee Brown
April 14, 2020 2:12pm
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 event, according to reports.
King Maha Vajiralongkorn, 67, had sparked outrage in Thailand after it emerged he had taken over a German hotel to safely quarantine while his nation was devastated by the coronavirus.
He finally left last Monday to attend Chakra Day, a national annual holiday marking the birth of his royal dynasty in 1782 — with a detour to get his wife, Queen Suthida, who was in lockdown 120 miles away from him in Zurich, according to Metro UK.
Amid backlash over his absence during the global health crisis, the king — widely known Rama X — said at the event that the “pandemic is not the fault of anybody.”
https://nypost.com/2020/04/14/thai-king-leaves-harem-lockdown-for-20000-mile-trip/