Pleasant Grove Review | 1935-03-15 | Page 3 | Siamese Monarch Renounces Throne

Siamese Monarch Renounces Throne Prajadhipok Will Reside on English Estate King Prajadhipok of Slam and his queen, who are no longer rulers of their tiny kingdom. The klnj, now residing in Surrey, England, announced an-nounced his abdication following months of Internal disputes over governmental matters in Siam. It was hinted, however, that the king would return to his throne only If tlu government recants and makes an about face on Prajadhlpok's demand de-mand for trial In an ordinary court for persons suspected of opposition to the government. Eleven-year-old Prince Ananda, nephew of Prajadhipok, has accepted accept-ed the Invitation to mount the vacant va-cant throne, according to an announcement an-nouncement from Bangkok. The prince has been living In Switzerland Switzer-land while attending an exclusive school. Born In Europe, he liven, for n time at Cambridge, Mass., while his father attended Harvard.