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JYVyQ TIL In 1880, Queen Sunanda Kumariratana, her daughter and her unborn child drowned as the royal guard watched, because in Siam touching a member of the royal family was punishable by death. The guard was later put to death for being too strict. Even if he'd saved her, he would've been killed anyways
7rZEr TIL that Queen Victoria’s journals are only 1/3 complete, as her daughter, Princess Beatrice, heavily censored them when she copied them by hand and burned the originals once the task was done
xR9w TIL In 1880, Sunandha Kumariratana, the queen of Thailand, drowned helplessly While Her Subjects Watched Because They Were Forbidden to Touch Her