It seems like COVID-19 is bringing out the best, and worst, in people, even royals.
According to reports, Thailand’s playboy king has taken over a luxury German hotel to isolate from the coronavirus, along with a harem of 20 women.
King Maha Vajiralongkorn, 67, booked the entire Grand Hotel Sonnenbichl with “special permission” to break the lockdown in the Alpine resort town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
But rather than isolate, he moved in a harem of 20 concubines along with a team of servants.
The king, widely known as Rama X, planned an even bigger party but 119 members of the entourage had been reportedly sent back to Thailand on suspicions they contracted the very contagious disease.
Thai hashtag which translated to “Why do we need a king?” appeared 1.2 million times on Twitter within 24 hours after an activist claimed the Thai king was travelling on holiday in Germany while the outbreak continued to spread across Thailand.
It is unclear whether the king’s 4 wives are also living in the same hotel as the harem of women.