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Thailand Officially Crowns King Maha Vajiralongkorn In An Elaborate Three-Day Ceremony

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King Maha Vajiralongkorn received several royal regalia, including an umbrella believed to give him a direct connection to heaven (Credit: Handout/Thailand Department of Public Relations)

Though Thailand has been a constitutional monarchy since 1932, the country's king is considered the spiritual protector of its people and culture. For seventy years, that role had been fulfilled by King Bhumibol Adulyadej. When the beloved monarch passed away in October 2016, his second child, and only male heir, crown prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, ascended to the throne. However, in respect to the highly-revered former king, the country observed a three-year mourning period, postponing the new monarch's coronation ceremony until early May 2019.