In 2001, the Crown Prince and his then-consort, or girlfriend, Srirasmi Suwadee apparently held a birthday party for their pet poodle, Foo Foo, during which Srirasmi dined and sang “Happy Birthday” to the dog while topless, clad only in a G-string as she and the prince are attended by servants wearing white gloves.
A video of the decadent bash leaked online in 2007 and circulated privately, in a country where criticism of the royal; family can carry severe criminal penalties — up to 15 years behind bars. But coming shortly after a coup that unseated popular prime minister and billionaire business tycoon Thaksin Shinawatra, the video created a scandal for the crown prince.
He married Srirasmi in December of 2001 and they had child together in 2005.
In 2009, WikiLeaks also posted the video, which received a renewed round of publicity in 2014 while Thailand was in the midst of its latest military coup.