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

6. The Friendship Between Siam and European Nations

During the reign of King Prajatibok the closest friendship the Siamese
royals had was with Denmark, with Belgium and the Netherlands in second
place. Starting with Rama V or King Chulalongkorn, the members of the
Siamese and Danish royal families had been visiting each other. The Danish

company East Indies offered the ship Meonia to King Prajatibok as a means
of transport for the trip to Europe, free of charge. Even in the difficult time when
King Prajatibok was on a boat to his exile in Songkhla during the Bavorndej
uprising, by chance, the Danish ship Walai had saved the Siamese King and
his entourage from a storm. The crew was brought to safety in Songkhla by
the Danes.

Their Majesty’s visit to H.N. Andersen, former adviser
of the Siamese Court at his home in Vennerslund,
25 June 1934, in: BØrsen, 25 June 1934, (Doument from
King Prajatibok and Queen Rambai the Archive of the Foreign Ministry, Pressbureau,
Barni with King of Belgium, King Copenhagen, Denmark)
Leopold III. in Brussel, 26 July 1934
at Noordstation (In: L’independence
Belge, Julliet 1934, Archive of the
Foreign Ministry. Brussel, Belgium

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