Word: adundet
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Born. To Phumiphon Adundet (Rama IX), 24, Massachusetts-born, jazz-loving King of Siam, and Queen Sirikit, 20, daughter of a Siamese diplomat: their second child, first son and crown prince. The birth of an heir to the Thai throne called for a booming 21-gun salute, traditional conch-shell music, and the proclamation of a national holiday...
...musical-comedy setting-was: nothing whatever. In the 19 years since Siam became a constitutional monarchy, her political history has been punctuated by eight coups d'etat, none of which had any profound effect on the powerless ruling House of Chakkri. Last week, young hepcat King Phumiphon Adundet,* his pretty Queen Sirikit and their eight-month-old daughter Princess Lotus Precious Stone arrived home from Switzerland to find their nation just recovering from one of the quietest coups in its history...
Protocol experts in the Siamese government wondered whether Phumiphon Adundet should sign the marriage register as "government official" or "King" when he weds Princess Sirikit. Finally they worked out a compromise: Phumiphon will be described as "ruler of the country...
...Great God on My Head Phumiphon Adundet,* the Power Coming from the Strength of the Earth, at long last stepped ashore from the flagship Sri Ayuthia onto Siamese soil, every temple bell in the land rang out a greeting...
Princess Sirikit Kitiyakara, eldest daughter of Thailand's Ambassador to the Court of St. James's, was a lucky girl. In Lausanne, Switzerland, the secretary of Thailand's College Student King Phumiphon Adundet announced that it was "75% certain" that the King would marry her when he returns temporarily to his country next month...