Princess Ubolratana of Thailand: Royal Regrets | 25

Even The Royals

Wondery

Society & Culture

4.4 • 844 Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Ubolratana of Thailand’s story is the classic tale of a princess who wants to throw her crown away and live happily ever after with a commoner. Except…Ubolratana’s story doesn’t end with happily ever after. Because this princess decides she made a mistake. But she’ll soon find out that putting the crown back on her head will be a lot harder than taking it off.

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0:00.0	Wonderie Plus subscribers can listen to Even the Royals early and ad-free right now.
0:04.1	Join Wonderly Plus in the Wondry app or on Apple Podcasts.
0:07.8	A quick note about our show.
0:09.3	We do a lot of research for our stories, but we also aren't your boring high school history class.
0:13.9	So while this story is based on actual events, certain characterizations, incidents, and other details are dramatized.
0:20.0	And we'll be cursing like sailors. Be warned.
0:28.4	Okay, Eresha, let's start off with just a super light talk about the abyss of regret.
0:35.0	Okay. I am intimately familiar with that. Yeah, well, that's my question. Is there anything
0:41.4	like in your life that you really wish you could change or take back? Oh my God, Brooke.
0:46.3	Just today or my whole life? Because the list is very long. I get it. One thing that comes to mind would be during an all-hands meeting at my
0:57.2	rogue other job. I went on a tirade about something very explicitly, and I was not on mute. I was
1:05.3	talking to my mom, but I was really fired up about something. I will get into the details because
1:10.4	it's very triggering. And everyone in the company call, all 100 plus members heard it. And I got written up for the first time ever in my life. I love that story. Do you? It was hilarious. Yeah. For me, it's usually something I've purchased, like that a liner from Candid that I thought would fix my TMJ or some idiot I've dated in Vegas. It's usually something like that. And listen, I'm going to blow your mind right now. Regrets aren't just for podcast hosts. Wow. I know. How profound. I know. Yeah, Royals have them too. Big time, actually. I mean,
1:46.6	we've obviously seen it with some of our recent royals like King Ludwig II, Grace Kelly,
1:52.2	even Catherine de Medici. Yeah. But today, our royal with regrets is a little more modern.
1:59.2	She was born into Thai royalty in 1951. She was once the
2:04.3	golden child of her generation, with many people wishing she might one day take over the Thai
2:09.6	throne. But then, at the age of 21, like so many of us do, she makes one teeny little decision
2:16.8	that changes her entire life. Only in her
2:20.1	case, it could cost her the crown for good. This is the story of Princess Ubon Ratana of Thailand.
2:27.8	Eresha, you ready? Oh God, a royal with regrets? can't wait.
2:41.0	It's August 1980, and 29-year-old Ubon Ratana is in the backseat of a luxury car with her husband.
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