Opponents have sent out hundreds of intimate photos of the favorite of the Thai king
Enemies of the Thai king's mistress sent 1,400 sexually explicit photographs of her to anti-monarchy activists after a disgraced woman returned from prison and was once again at the mercy of the sovereign.
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Hundreds of sexually explicit photos of the Thai king's nude mistress have been sent to anti-monarchy activists, according to the Daily Mail.
According to the British press, more than 1,000 photographs were circulated, taken between 2012 and 2014 by Sininat Wongwajirapakdi, the mistress of King Mahi Vajiralongkorn. This happened after the woman was released from prison, where she was sent to last year.
Previously, she was accused of trying to undermine the position of the official wife of the monarch, the queen of the country. Now the royal and military titles have been returned to the favorite.
The photographs, believed to have been taken by Ms Sininat herself, were sent to British journalist Andrew McGregor Marshall, author of critical articles on the Thai monarchy, according to The Times.
Also, the photographs were received by the Thai scientist Pavin Chachawalpongpun, who lives in Japan, hiding from prosecution in his homeland for criticizing the Thai monarchy.
Marshall wrote on his Facebook page: “Most of the images are photographs taken by herself, and dozens of them are very candid. It seems likely that she took these candid photographs of herself to send to Vajiralongkorn and that images of Koi (Ms Sininat's nickname) were leaked to derail her return as Vajiralongkorn's consort.”
Ms Sininat, also known as Koi Wongwajirapakdi, was awarded the title of Royal Consort on the occasion of the King's 67th birthday last July.
It was the first time in nearly a century that a Thai monarch has taken on a consort, after the king married his fourth wife, Queen Suthida, earlier in 2019.
Both Queen Suthida, 42, and Sininat, 35, served as senior officers in the palace's security forces. Suthida previously worked as a flight attendant for a national airline, and Sininat as a military nurse.
The 68-year-old king has seven children from three previous marriages, all of which ended in divorce.
Last October, less than three months after Sininat became his royal consort, the king issued a decree canceling this appointment and stripping her of all government, military and noble ranks, positions and titles, as well as royal awards, citing her conflict and disrespectful behavior towards his wife, Queen Suthida.
Until August 2020, Sininat's whereabouts were unknown - it was rumored that she was either in prison or dead.
The fall of Sininat was especially overwhelming because just two months earlier, many photographs of her and the king had been posted on one of the palace websites, some in formal settings and others in apparently casual poses such as taking part in flying, shooting, and jumping from parachute. In other pictures, she and the king were holding hands, which were unusually intimate photographs for members of the royal family.
But in August of this year, the woman was rehabilitated, a royal decree was issued, which said that she "was never a tainted person," and it was proclaimed that all her titles, awards and military ranks were fully restored, as if they had never been canceled.
Over the past few months, Thailand has seen an unprecedented number of demonstrations demanding reform of the monarchy.
Recently, Ms. Sininat has been seen as a useful figure for the king in regaining popularity and often meets with supporters of the monarchy. Pawin Chachawalpongpun states: "It is used as a PR tool to create a good image and the image of a happy family."
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