BANGKOK -- Just days before his coronation, Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn married the deputy chief of his personal guard Wednesday in a wedding that has shocked the public.
Suthida Tidjai, a 40-year-old former Thai Airways flight attendant, entered the Royal Thai Army in 2014 and became a deputy commander of his bodyguard unit before her promotion to a full general in 2016. She had been the king's partner for years in an unofficial relationship but now formally enters the royal household.
