The secret history of the queen mother of Thailand: wearing a green hat to the king and openly cheating on bodyguards, supporting the bad king to come to power, what happened in the end?
Bhumibol and sirikit in the early years are immortal couples in people's hearts.
1947, sirikit 15 years old. As the daughter of the Thai royal family, she lived a high-class life since she was a child.
She studied piano since she was a child, attended high-class dinners and was proficient in English and French. Even in the context of World War II, she was still well protected and spoiled from childhood.
At that time, her biggest dream was to be an excellent pianist when she grew up, and she never thought of going back to Thailand. That place is just her birthplace.
As for being a queen, she never thought about it.
That year, she studied in a conservatory in Paris, France. Due to the war, many children of the Thai royal family took refuge in the Thai Embassy in France.
There, as a teenager, she met the future king of Thailand-Bhumibol.
Bhumibol, when he was young, never thought that he would shoulder the heavy responsibility of inheriting the throne, because on top of him, there was another brother, ananta.
Without psychological burden, Bhumibol lived according to his own wishes when he was young and tried everything he was interested in. He likes photography, painting and playing nine kinds of musical instruments, including piano, trumpet and saxophone.
Like sirikit, Bhumibol spent little time in his own country in his childhood and lived in Switzerland for a long time.
His dream at that time was to become an engineer.
The year they met, Bhumibol 19 years old and sirikit 16 years old.
Bhumibol, who was studying in Switzerland at that time, wanted to buy a car in France. Sirikit's father was ordered to pick him up and accompany him. Naturally, there was sirikit himself.
When Bhumibol got off the plane, everyone was greeted with smiles, but sirikit looked unhappy.
The reason is simple, because Bhumibol's plane was a little late, and sirikit waited at the airport for more than three hours.
Perhaps he was accustomed to compliments on weekdays, and Bhumibol suddenly became interested in this girl with personality.
"I think she is very cute."
Despite the first unpleasantness, it did not stop them from communicating normally in private. Both of them like music and yearn for freedom, and they soon talked together.
On the streets of Paris, they put down their bodies and wandered around, chatting all over the world. Their childhood background makes their friends very limited, and it is very precious for them to have a friend to chat with.
With the time spent together getting longer and longer, Bhumibol's share of missing is also growing. Sirikit can't be unclear, but neither of them knows how to speak.
It was not until a disaster arrival that the two men revealed their true feelings.
2. "I will only marry you all my life."
1948, 2 1 year-old Bhumibol suffered a very serious car accident on the streets of Switzerland.
After learning of Bhumibol's car accident, sirikit immediately rushed to the hospital and came to his side.
Only when she arrived at the hospital did she know that after Bhumibol's accident, she took out a photo from her pocket and shouted to the attendants around her: "Call her quickly, I love her."
The man in the photo is sirikit.
Bhumibol was lucky to save his life in the car accident.
For the next few months, sirikit stayed with him and took care of his daily life.
Bhumibol's mother also saw their feelings and was deeply moved by sirikit's careful care. In order to give them more opportunities to meet, she helped to transfer sirikit's student status from French to Swiss, so that they could meet.
Although to outsiders, this is a good opportunity for both public and private interests, for sirikit, the recognition of the royal family has become a brand-new shackle for her.
Just two years before Bhumibol's car accident, his eldest brother died in his own home because of "gun fire".
The royal struggle in literary works is so cruel, not to mention the reality.
As for the car accident, it is difficult for anyone to say clearly whether it is related to the chaotic royal struggle.
This is really a big blow to two inexperienced young people.
It can be said that Bhumibol's accession to the throne is not his own choice, but more like an unavoidable fate.
It is impossible for sirikit not to know what it means for Bhumibol to succeed to the throne.
But even so, she chose to be with Bhumibol without hesitation.
1949, Bhumibol proposed to sirikit.
In the face of the king's courtship, sirikit rejected his father's concerns and married into the royal family without hesitation.
When proposing marriage, sirikit made a request: "In this life, you can only marry me."
Facing his sweetheart's request, Bhumibol agreed. As the king under the feudal system, Bhumibol never accepted a princess again in the next 66 years, and gave all his love to sirikit.
What people just didn't expect was that sirikit, who proposed "Love me forever", was the first to betray in this romantic relationship like a fairy couple.
3. Bhumibol of Middle-aged Crisis
Bhumibol really loves sirikit.
After sirikit was made queen, Bhumibol regained his old hobby-photography while dealing with the affairs of the king.
Bhumibol always brought his own camera when he visited other countries as a king, and he loved to take pictures of his lover.
He once said to a photographer, "I am jealous that others take pictures of my wife." I am willing to take my own photos, even if they are not so perfect, I am reluctant to throw them away. "
In this world, there are three things that cannot be hidden, that is, poverty, cough and love. When you love someone, love will show in your eyes.
When business is not so busy, the two will play music together; Bhumibol likes painting, and sirikit acts as his model.
As one of the richest members of the royal family in the world, Bhumibol also bought many precious jewels for sirikit, and invited Pierre Balmain, the brand founder of Balmain, as the private designer of sirikit.
Of course, as the "mother of the country", sirikit is not just a "vase" that acts as a facade. In managing the country, she also assisted the king within her power.
As a woman, she personally promoted charity activities in China and affirmative action in Thailand. When Bhumibol became a monk in the temple for a short time, she even took on the heavy responsibility of the king and took the place of Bhumibol to manage the country.
In the 66 years since Bhumibol came to power, there have been 20 coups in Thailand, 35 prime ministers have taken office and more than 50 cabinets have been formed.
Facing the turbulent domestic situation, as the king of a country, Bhumibol is also under great pressure, and sirikit is the right-hand man to support him to persevere.
It seems to be a beautiful love story, but like the ending of most love stories, nothing in this world is eternal.
Someone once said a joke: no one can resist the crisis of middle age, even the king can't resist it.
This sentence is about Bhumibol.
Domestic forces are mixed and seriously divided. As the king of a country, it is difficult for him to have absolute right to speak.
Foreign affairs are not smooth, and the house is still on fire in the backyard. As the two entered menopause, the passion of their youth gradually receded and there were more and more quarrels.
As the facade of the country, even if it is not in private, it should not be revealed on the surface. Some things only rot in the stomach.
What people didn't expect was that sirikit, as the "mother of the country", openly carried his bodyguard and put on a "cuckold husband" for the king.
4. raising children to prevent old age? Raising tigers is a problem!
Perhaps it is the original intention of bodyguards, or it may be a coincidence that Queen Sirikit has a bodyguard hobby very similar to King Bhumibol, and likes photography and music.
Objectively speaking, the bodyguard is plain and not tall, but with his sweet words, he easily won the favor of the queen.
It is said that Bhumibol suffered from depression.
From sneaking around at the beginning to being aboveboard later, the queen became more and more unscrupulous, even holding each other's arms when traveling.
No one dares to talk loudly about the queen's infidelity, but in private, it has already made a lot of noise in the city, and Bhumibol naturally knows it.
A few months later, the bodyguard around the queen suddenly disappeared. In the rumor, she was sent to the United States on a secret mission.
But when I came back, there was only a cold body left.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see what this is all about.
But the queen doesn't believe in this evil. As if she didn't know anything, she attended the guard's funeral aboveboard. At the funeral, she once lost her temper and fondled the body of the guard.
There may be true feelings in it, but more, it should be revenge against Bhumibol.
With the growth of age, love can no longer make sirikit feel safe, and she begins to reach out to the center of power.
This is not only for herself, but also for her favorite little son to inherit the throne.
When vajiralongkorn was very young, sirikit told him, "You will be king in the future, and all this will be yours in the future."
Under the arrangement of sirikit, vajiralongkorn stepped onto the position of Crown Prince step by step and succeeded in inheriting the throne.
But obviously, he is not fit to be king. He is arrogant and often self-centered. After taking office, he did many absurd things and made mistakes to the country and the people.
Princess Sirindhorn, who was deeply loved by the people, lost in this battle for the throne, which became a regret in the hearts of many Thais.
During the Qianlong period, the then Thai monarch Zheng Xin was forced to abdicate after a mutiny. When he abdicated, he put such a curse: "Whoever takes my throne will die one tenth!" "
Coincidentally, from Thailand's founding to vajiralongkorn's coming to power, it happened to be the tenth monarch.
Sirikit's initial idea was to "raise children to prevent old age", and he could rely on his son's power to ensure a high concentration of power in his later years.
What she didn't expect was that cultivating such a self-centered son was essentially "raising a tiger as a menace". Since vajiralongkorn succeeded in inheriting the throne, it has not only failed to converge, but even intensified, devouring sirikit's power in the army step by step.
Until now, sirikit can only drag the sick body, all day long in the palace.
Just like the love with Bhumibol, nothing in this world can last forever.
For a long time, after all, it's still me.
I wonder if you can remember the original intention of marrying into the royal family after sirikit's death?
And that night, I walked on the streets of Paris with Bhumibol.