It suggests four possible causes: the king killed himself accidentally; committed suicide; was killed by someone accidentally; and was murdered deliberately. It discusses the involvement of his younger brother, Bhumibol, who was at the scene. Although the suicide theory could have been linked to ...
In March 1935, King Rama VII abdicated in favor of his 9-year-old nephew, Bhumibol Adulyadej's older brother Ananda Mahidol. The child-king and his siblings remained in Switzerland, however, and two regents ruled the kingdom in his name. Ananda Mahidol returned to Thailand in 1938, but Bh...
King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailandwas born December 5, 1927, at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the United States. He was the youngest of three children ofPrince Mahidol Adulyadejand his commoner wifePrincess Srinagarindra. At the time of King Bhumibol’s birth, his father w...
In late July, King Bhumibol testified before the commission for six hours. He reiterated that he had left his sleeping brother’s room before the shooting, and when asked “expressed no opinion as to the cause of his brother’s death,” in the words of a Reuters dispatch. There has been...