Became king at age 51 by filial duty, this "single as Jean-Claude Brialy" - the formula is his father - fills nearly six years since his role with conscience, distributing bags of rice to the poor during his tour in province, defending the Khmer culture or posing as a conservationist. But he was bored. "Dedicated to the people, applied to do well, Sihamoni is not a happy King, says one of his French friends. Locked in a gilded cage, he knows he does not have the means to break the shackles a protocol that paralyzes relationships.