'The monarchy is god': A Thai royalist in a divided kingdom


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  • Thursday, 12 Nov 2020

Royalist Thitiwat Tanagaroon, whom the King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida praised for holding a royal portrait at an anti-government protest, shows his tattoos reading 'Very brave, very good, thank you' on the left arm and 'Under his graciousness' on the chest during an interview with Reuters at his house in Nonthaburi, Thailand November 6, 2020. REUTERS/Jiraporn Kuhakan

BANGKOK (Reuters) - The words the Thai king spoke to Thitiwat Tanagaroon have been tattooed on his arm: "very brave, very good, thank you".

The 50-year-old restaurant manager never imagined he would win praise from King Maha Vajiralongkorn when he brandished a royal portrait at an anti-government protest last month. Nor had he expected online attacks and calls for him to be fired from his job.

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