昨天傍晚，泰国王室办公室公布了一则令人惊讶的消息：泰国新任国王拉玛十世瓦吉拉隆功与国王护卫队副司令官苏蒂达⋅提扎(Suthida Tidjai)结婚了!
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The surprise announcement was carried in the Royal Gazette, and footage from Wednesday’s wedding ceremony was later shown on the nightly Royal News segment aired on all Thai television channels.
泰国王室办公室最先公布了这一令人惊讶的消息，随后国王婚礼视频在泰国各大电视台的晚间王室新闻节目中播放。
▲Thai king surprises with royal wedding ahead of coronation (via Reuters)
公布的婚礼录像未透露具体结婚日期，但显示王室其他成员也出席了婚礼。仪式上，国王把圣水浇在苏蒂达王后的头上，并向她赠送了礼物。随后这对夫妇签署了婚姻登记书。
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截图 via Thai TV Pool
It was also explained that the monarch had 'performed a royal wedding ceremony with General Suthida Vajiralongkorn Na Aydhaya in accordance to law and royal traditions in a full and righteous manner', which explains why the bride had to lay at her husband's feet.
王室声明进一步解释说，国王“依照法律和王室传统，按照正统的方式与苏蒂达将军举行了全套皇家婚礼仪式”，这就是为什么录像中新娘一直趴在她丈夫的脚前。
▲Thai ruler's consort lays at his feet as he marries the former flight attendant in surprise move days before his coronation (via dailymail)
66岁的瓦吉拉隆功也被称为拉玛十世国王(King Rama X)，在他尊敬的父亲普密蓬⋅阿杜德国王(King Bhumibol Adulyadej)登基70年后，他于2016年10月成为宪法君主。在此之前他曾结过三次婚，共育有7个孩子。2014年他结束了与第三任妻子Srirasmi长达13年的婚姻。
那么苏蒂达是何方人物呢?据泰国当地媒体The Nation的报道，她出生于1978年6月3日，曾是泰国航空公司空姐。
In 2014, Vajiralongkorn appointed Suthida Tidjai, a former flight attendant for Thai Airways, as a deputy commander of his bodyguard unit.
2014年，瓦吉拉隆功任命苏蒂达为王储护卫队的副司令官。
Some royal observers and foreign media had linked Suthida romantically with the king, but the palace had previously never acknowledged a relationship between them.
一些王室观察员和外媒曾猜测苏蒂达与国王有一段浪漫的关系，但王室此前从未承认过他们之间的关系。
The king made Suthida a full general in the Royal Thai Army in December 2016, and the deputy commander of the king’s personal guard in 2017. He also made her a Thanpuying, a royal title meaning Lady.
2016年12月，国王任命苏蒂达为泰国皇家陆军的全军将军，2017年又任命她为国王护卫队的副司令。他还授予她"Thanpuying"的王室头衔。
▲ Thai king surprises with royal wedding ahead of coronation (via Reuters)
作为国王护卫队的副司令官，苏蒂达一直都在各种场合伴随国王左右。
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据报道，瓦吉拉隆功的加冕仪式将于周六正式开始，并持续至下周一。届时预计约有20万人从泰国各地前往曼谷参加在旧城区拉塔那古辛岛举行的盛大活动。
文：A君
资料：Reuters, dailymail, The Nation, SCMP
