Author :
M.R.Prudhisan Jumbala
H.M. King Bhumibol Adulyadej is a nephew of H.M. King Prajadhipok by his half-brother H.R.H. Prince Mahidol, the Prince of Songkla, with whom the late King had always been close since their younger days in Siam and in Europe where they went for their further education and training. They remained close throughout and when H.R.H Prince Mahidol was terminally ill and passed away in 1929, H.M. King Prajadhipok penned a letter from Java where he was on a state visit to some of his nieces, reminescing of their intimacy and expressing deep sorrow.
His present Majesty's name 'Bhumibol' meaning 'Strength of the Land’ was given to him by H.M. King Prajadhipok soon after his birth in the USA on December 5, 1927. After his father's cremation, the then young prince was granted an audience with H.M. King Prajadhipok who poured lustral water and anointed him on the forehead as well as gave him a locket bearing his royal initials. Later, on his return from the USA in 1931, the king brought the prince a toy road-roller of which he was so fond as to take it to Switzerland with him. When the King went on a visit to Europe in 1934, the young prince, together with his mother, his elder sister and his elder brother, was granted an audience at a hotel in Paris.
Although H.M. King Prajadhipok abdicated on March 2, 1935 without naming an heir to the throne, he did privately wish that H.R.H. Prince Mahidol's son would succeed him. In the event, H.R.H. Prince Ananda Mahidol, the prince's eldest of two sons, did become King Rama VIII in accordance with the law of succession and by parliamentary approval. When the twenty year old and yet uncrowned King Ananda met with a sudden death on June 9, 1946, his younger brother, the eighteen year old H.R.H Prince Bhumibol Adulyadej succeeded him as King Rama IX and has reigned to this day.
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