A very interesting discussion about what people think about King Vajiralongkorn living in Germany

How do you feel about the King of Thailand living in Bavaria with 20 women and breaking social distancing rules?

Question

Hi there, I'm visiting from r/Thailand. As you may or may not know, our King has been living semi-permanently at various locations in Bavaria for years now. Especially in these distressing times instead of performing his duty as sovereign he chooses to remain in the Grand Hotel Sonnenbichl with 20 women from his harem ignoring COVID-19 protection measures and violating human rights of his staffers. His behaviour has been erratic and threatening even to German citizens as he demanded the arrests of German paparazzi from BILD taking photos of him arriving at the Zurich Airport on April 7.

Yesterday according to an article from BILD, several Thais and Germans demonstrators gathered around the Grand Hotel Sonnenbichl where he and his entourage is staying and projected messages and images on the hotel demanding his departure from Germany, the first demonstration of its kind in Germany.

I'm writing to ask if his peculiar behavior has been reported widely in the German media (I know BILD is running reports on him continuously), and would like to understand the general sentiment and some opinions from the German people on this subject. How do you feel about having another nation's sovereign taking up your country's resources and ignoring pandemic protection measures? If you are living in Bavaria and had encountered him or his entourage I would also greatly appreciate your input.

As for the people in Thailand, the resentment among the people is skyrocketing each day, but with the military government and the lese majeste laws, there isn't much we can do here let alone discussing the issue publicly.

Thank you for your input and hope you persist safely through these troubling times.

Edit: thank you again for all your contribution and sharing your honest opinions. I understand and I'm sorry how during this pandemic my post can come off insensitive compared to truly pressing matters affecting the lives of people living in Germany. I'm only hoping to get the German perspective on this subject. I've also attached here some links in German where I source my information, in the case that you're interested to find out more (no BILD)

https://pixelhelper.org/thaikoenig/

https://www.merkur.de/lokales/garmisch-partenkirchen/garmisch-partenkirchen-ort28711/thai-koenig-gap-bayern-aktivisten-projektion-hotel-garmisch-partenkirchen-13753750.html

Andrew MacGregor Marshall