King Bhumibol Adulyadej (AP)By Richard Lloyd Parry, Asia Editor
Times Online
Thailand’s King Bhumibhol Adulyadej, the world’s longest reigning monarch and the object of intense devotion among many Thais, has spent his night in hospital, underlining the atmosphere of crisis and division in the country.
His doctors said that the 81-year old king’s his condition had improved since Saturday when he was put on antibiotics and an intravenous drip after suffering fever, tiredness and loss of appetite. “In the past 24 hours his Majesty has less fever but he still has a loss of appetite,” the royal household bureau said in a statement read out on national television. “The medical team is still giving him antibiotics and nutrients.”
But the mere fact of the king’s indisposition, after some of the most tumultuous and chaotic months in modern Thai history, is a reminder of the degree to which the country’s stability depends on his continuing survival – and of the uncertainty that is likely to follow his death.
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