Thai king stuns public before coronation with fourth wedding

New queen Suthida is monarch's bodyguard and longtime partner

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King Maha Vajiralongkorn pours sacred water on Queen Suthida. The marriage is the Thai monarch's fourth. (Photo courtesy of the Thailand Royal Household)

YOHEI MURAMATSU, Nikkei staff writer

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.

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