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Yesterday here (2 June) we had our version of "King's Birthday" -- first Monday in June. Some media attention to Charles III (I think he's in
Canada right now), useful to remind us who have lived all or most of our
lives with "Queen's Birthday" that things have changed. And a big
Honours List -- awards bestowed on many persons of distinction in the
arts, sport, science, business, etc.

Today, by contrast, is "Queen's Birthday" in Thailand -- actual birthday
of the actual reigning Queen ("former air hostess"),
Suthida Bajrasudhabimalalakshana
Thai: a+-a+ia|Ca+oa|ca+ea+Ra+ua+#a+Oa+#a+ca|Ca+ea|ea+#a+-a++a+ua+|a+oa+# a+Ra+#a+ea+ua+-a++a+ya+#a+Ra+|a+ia+Na+Na+#a+Ua+-a+o a+Ra+ua+#a+Ua+ua+ia+ua+#a+ea+|a+Oa+|
RTGS: Suthida Phatcharasuthaphimonlak
pronounced [s||-o.t-#|!-o.d-U-E p-#|it.t+o-#a.r|i-o.s||-o.t-#-U-E.p-#|!-o.m+in.l|ik].
(That's from Wikipedia. There's a link to a sound file, but
unfortunately it contains only the "Suthida" part, which is how she's
commonly known.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suthida

The first version of her full name looks very Sanskrity (or maybe Pali-y?).
But what's RTGS? "Royal Thai General System [of Transcription]", i.e.
the official way of transliterating Thai script into Roman.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Thai_General_System_of_Transcription
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On 2025-06-03, Ross Clark <benlizro@ihug.co.nz> wrote:

Today, by contrast, is "Queen's Birthday" in Thailand -- actual birthday
of the actual reigning Queen ("former air hostess"),

Hmm. So a "reigning queen" is not a "queen regnant"?
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On 4/06/2025 6:19 a.m., Christian Weisgerber wrote:

On 2025-06-03, Ross Clark <benlizro@ihug.co.nz> wrote:

Today, by contrast, is "Queen's Birthday" in Thailand -- actual birthday
of the actual reigning Queen ("former air hostess"),

Hmm. So a "reigning queen" is not a "queen regnant"?

I don't know. All I meant to say was that she was in fact the current
holder of that title. I don't profess to be an expert in things Royal,
and "regnant" is not really even in my vocabulary. Dictionaries were not
very helpful, simply defining "regnant" as "reigning". I thought I knew
what "reign" meant, but I probably learned that from reading mostly
about kings. But as helpfully explained by Blackstone (1765), quoted in
OED, "regnant" means "holds the crown in her own right". So (I guess)
Suthida is not regnant, does not reign.

Monarchs, then, can have spouses who do not reign. Could two people be co-regnant? Wiliam III and Mary II, apparently, were co-monarchs
(1689-1694). I can't remember how that was worked out, though we heard
about it in high school. Or how William got to be "William III and II",
as I just read somewhere.

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Ar an ceathr|| l|i de m|! Meitheamh, scr|!obh Ross Clark:

[...] Monarchs, then, can have spouses who do not reign. Could two people be co-regnant? Wiliam III and Mary II, apparently, were co-monarchs (1689-1694). I can't remember how that was worked out, though we heard about it in high school. Or how William got to be "William III and II", as I just read somewhere.

Los Reyes Cat||licos (Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain) were, fairly famously, this.
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