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The International Journal of the Royal Society of Thailand
Volume XII, 2020

The Hungarian newspapers thought that “...His Majesty’s wife is an
extraordinary Beauty”
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The fact that King Prajatibok had only one wife was known everywhere
abroad. His Majesty's attitude was praised in many Danish newspapers as
model behavior for the Siamese.

Polygamy, they commented, was going to become more and more difficult
in the middle class, like in Europe. 27

Hotel d’ Angel Terre, photo taken by the author,
Copenhagen, Denmark, 2015

In: Aften Berlingske Tidende, 23 Juni
1934, Copenhagen
(Archive of the Foreign Ministry, Copenhagen,
Denmark)

In: Nyírvidék (Newspaper from northeastern Hungary), 13 March 1934, documents from
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Hungarian newspapers with the support of the Royal Thai Embassy in Budapest, Hungary.
27 In: Berlingske Tidende, 24 June 1934. Document from U.M.’S. press bureau (Blad Uddrag),
Archive of the Foreign Ministry, Copenhagen, Denmark, Ref. 2.F.79 Thailand (Siam) Pahhe I
afsl pr 31/12–1958. All newspaper articles were collected by the Foreign Ministry without page
numbers.

32 A Modern Siam with Constitutional Monarchy - King Prajatibok, The Siamese
“Honourary Diplomat” in Europe 1934

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