Symbolic gesture: Suthida prostrating before Vajiralongkorn during their wedding ceremony in Bangkok, Thailand. — Reuters
Bangkok: Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn will be crowned this weekend in a pageantry-laden ceremony flecked by Hindu and Buddhist rituals, as Rama X furthers his primacy over one of the world’s richest monarchies and a kingdom beset by ulcerous political divides.
The May 4-6 coronation comes more than two years after Vajiralongkorn ascended the throne at the death of his father Bhumibol Adulyadej.
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