> > > A couple of days ago I didn't even know Thailand *had* a king.
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> > They have had a lot of kings. I know you have read about "Anna and the King of Siam." I think one of their kings looked like Yul Brenner.
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> I should have said, I didn't know they *still* had a king.
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> I tend to think of countries ruled by hereditary monarchs as exotic yet primitive third-world backwaters. Yes, I know my own country technically still has a queen ... it's rather a sore point with me.
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> Brunnen-"having some OTHER country's monarch is surely as stupid as monarchy can get"G

I understand. We have King George II here in the USA, and that is rather a sore point with me. At least your queen isn't on the war path.
Howard