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Siamese King Rama VI and the royal harem debate
A New York Tribune feature portrays Rama VI as an educated, reforming Siamese monarch wary of royal polygamy and open to Western influences. It notes his bachelor status, the queen mother’s reforms, his education in Europe, and Siam's wealth, openness, and strategic ties with America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chao Fa Chrakrabongs Phivamuth
Phitsunulok
Rama VI
Siam
Itama
Somdet Phra Paramindi
Maha Vajiravudh Mongiut Krao
Somdet Phra Rama Thibod VI
Frederick Dean
M. A
New York Tribune
Maha Mongkut
Maha Chulalongkorn
Europe
England
France
Germany
Russia
Belgium
Italy
Spain
Norway
Sweden
Netherlands
Maha Vajiravudh
Rama VII
Phitsanulok
Heidelberg
Christ College
Oxford
Paris
Comedie “Francaise
America
Heis
China
Cochin-China
Burma
Mongkut
United States
Chulalongkorn
White House
Washington
Ifheage
Catherine
Sawa Pa Pongse
Nakorn Rajasrima
Gdom
Queen
Red Cross
Tim
Bangkok
Gulf of Siam
Venice