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Aug 1, 2022Liked by Andrew MacGregor Marshall

Cracking story as ever Andrew interesting that there are no sightings in Germany - is there still a sizeable harem and floors booked back in Bavaria ?

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Aug 1, 2022Liked by Andrew MacGregor Marshall

For one thing the grand hotel Sonnenbichl still isn't open for business. Would be good if some reporter was posted around to observe the moves in and out, but I guess nobody's got the budget or the motivations for that.

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It's not really clear what is happening at Sonnenbichl, I have never been able to get any staff or locals to talk, and neither have any German media, even though we have all tried. So all my information about what was going on there came from the Thai royal entourage. The last I heard, they still have rooms constantly booked at both Sonnenbichl and Suthida's residence in Europe, Hotel Waldegg in Engelberg, to store all their stuff, but I don't know where Koi is living. Vajiralongkorn and Suthida last visited the hotels last December.

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Aug 1, 2022Liked by Andrew MacGregor Marshall

Legitimately i want to know: is this the trashiest royal family in history? I can't say I'm well versed on the social lives of many monarchs, but this seems unusually declassé.

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The history of royal families is littered with scandal, insanity, inbreeding and staggeringly trashy behaviour, so by historical standards they are probably far from the worst. They are definitely among the ghastliest modern monarchies although there is plenty of competition with the Gulf kingdoms, above all Saudi Arabia.

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Check out the very similar story of the King of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) and his haram. Check out the British royal family, focusing on the now disgraced Prince Andrew.

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Trashier no - crueller possibly and probably the illest and ugliest in-bred as they all are.

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Aug 2, 2022Liked by Andrew MacGregor Marshall

As a student of Millfield in Somerset in the 1970's (albeit a few years post the then Crown Prince) I can assure you it was mixed, rather than male only. Not to say you were wrong about the 'grubby' mags though!

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Many thanks for the correction, I fixed the story. Best wishes!

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Aug 1, 2022Liked by Andrew MacGregor Marshall

Great read as always.....many thanks for the depth of information.

I hope they get to read it too.

Hopefully humanity will rid itself of these archaic institutions sooner rather than later.

Keep up the great work!

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So the fact that Koi appears to be actively trying to get the attention of Vajiralongkorn and recruiting others to the harem, makes her seem less a victim when she is abused, but it seems to be a common pattern. Compare to the network of 100s of underage girls recruited to service Jeffrey Epstein. One after another testified that they were raped, ran off and cried, then came back the next time to earn like 100 dollars, and recruited friends to come do it too. Koi was not underage, but there seems to be a very similar pattern at work with Vajiralongkorn and his harem of young women. The fact that Koi was thrown in jail by her husband, lover, or master, however you want to classify their relationship, THEN brought back out and straight back to the harem for more kinky games, is an open case of sexual slavery BY definition. If your sexual partner can lock you up in actual prison on a whim, and let you go if you agree to continue the relationship, that is sexual slavery. And I fear it is the tip of the iceberg of a Jeffrey Epstein type situation, not that I am accusing Vajiralongkorn of pedaphilia per se, but of sexual slavery.

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Interesting that he hasn't been back to Germany in so long. Has the German government quietly put their foot down?

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I saw an article that Koi’s mother was given an honor from the king in July. Is that true? If so, does that mean Koi is back in the fold?

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Feb 26, 2023·edited Jul 1, 2023

Prince Andrew threatens to write tell all memoir about the Royal Family's darkest secrets

Prince Andrew feels reportedly wronged and he is willing to tell all about his brother and even his late mother Whoreloser!!! Monarch UK and Thailand will destroy by Pavin werid matt and Green Party. I support Green party in UK to destroy Whoreloser monarchy UK and Thailand

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Wried matt

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Excellent blog - thanks much for all the reporting.

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Great read - thank you.

Does vaj have HIV or was that false?

Seeing his 40 serfs grovel around them in Germany must have been serene.

What a tinder box, wonder if he'll bring the house down.

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Yes, he got HIV sometime in the late 1990s, but he’s had the best medical treatment money can buy, his viral load has probably been zero for years and I doubt it has much effect on his life these days

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Nan is the major city in Nan province. Nan is not in Lampang province, unless there is a small village or small town called Nan in Lampang province which I have not heard of.

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You are right, thanks for the correction, I fixed it.

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