Did you catch the video that made the rounds recently showing Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn (reigning title: Phrabat Somdet Phra Vajira Klao Chao Yu Hua, but we’ll just call him by the simpler title, Rama X) promoting his girlfriend to “Royal Noble Consort“? You know, the video where Major-General Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi lay completely prostrate at the monarch’s feet, gratefully accepting royal baubles and trinkets from her master like an obedient dog?

No no no, not the video from this past May, where he promoted his top bodyguard to be his new queen in a ceremony that involved her lying completely prostrate at the monarch’s feet, gratefully accepting royal baubles and trinkets from her master like an obedient dog. That’s an entirely different video.

But either way, I think we can all agree that King Rama X is a super cool dude and that it’s a great thing that he and his fourth wife and his official mistress are the rulers of Thailand. Long live the King.

Oh, and by the way, apropos of nothing in particular—just as an aside, really—did you know that it’s illegal to insult the King of Thailand? I mean, it’s not just frowned upon, but actually literally illegal? Well, it is!

That’s right, according to Section 112 of the Thai Criminal Code, “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.”

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