A good many members of the Royal Family were still living at Ayut’ia. P’ya Taksin treated them with great respect, and later provided for several of the Princesses By marrying them himself The subsequent fate of Two of these ladies was an unhappy one They were Accused of adultery and executed.
The remains of King Ekat’at were exhumed from the Place where they had been buried by the Burmese, And cremated with all possible ceremony.
But P’ye Taksin, while prepared to show proper Respect to the members of the ex-Royal Family, whether Living or dead, had no idea of placing any one of them on The throne He set to work to render himself popular By distributing money and food to the population, And it soon became known that he intended to make himself king.
P’ya Taksin at firs intended to re-establish Ayut’ia As the capital of Siam, but later changed his mind and Returned to Bangkok, where he was crowned as king Of Siam His decision was a wise one. To restore Which the ruined land could at that time provide
P’ya Taksin, at the time of his coronation, was only Thirty-four years of age His father was Chinese, or Partly Chinese, and his mother Siamese. They were Not people of any high position. P’ya taksin rose to Be king through his own courage and ability ;perhaps Partly, also, through his faith in his destiny,which was A prominent feature of his character tharcter throughout his Career He believed that even the forces of Nature Were under his control when he was destined to succeed, And this faith led him to attempt and achieve tasks which to another man would have seemed impossible. Like Nepoleon III, he was a man of destiny.