King Chulalongkorn or Rama V, with his little son and current monarch Bhumibol Adulyadej, the ruler whose reign most marked the construction of the Thai national unity.
King Mongkut Son scholar and scion of the Chakri Dynasty, the young Chulalongkorn, born in 1853, received an education vanguard. It offers teachers and tutors both Thai and Western, including the now famous English teacher Anna Leonowens, whose controversial memoirs had inspired the film censored in Thailand Anna and the King. Ascended the throne at the age of 15, Rama V of Thailand is gradually opening to the world while defending fiercely the interests of the country against the European colonizers.