Click the original article in French to zoom inTranslated from French by Tola Ek
My Uncle Sdech Krom Luong Sisowath Monipong versus My Father Preah Norodom Suramarit
By N. Sihanouk
By N. Sihanouk
The day of my abdication which was already announced to our People:
The Council of the Throne had already elected my parents as new King and Queen of Cambodia: H.M. Norodom Suramarit and H.M. Sisowath Kossamak.
Prince Sisowath Monipong, my second Uncle (the own brother of my Mother and younger brother of my first Uncle, Prince Sisowath Monireth) came to the Khemarin to tell me, in the presence of my Parents, in the grand living room (where we were standing next to my grand piano: I played a piece [of music] newly composed by myself).
Prince Sisowath Monipong, speaking out loud, told me: “Your Father is a moron and an idiot –sic!–. He is not as intelligent as You are, my dear nephew. How dare he nominate himself as new King of Cambodia?”
My Maman, frightened by this verbal audacity of Monipong, asked me to beg my Father not to be angry against Monipong.
I followed the “order” of my Mother. I begged my Father to grant his royal pardon to his brother-in-law. And my Father laughed his head off (most likely [because] he was only thinking about his new and young conquest: Ms. Yeap): “No, I am not angry, this guy Monipong can insult me freely, because, becoming King of Cambodia, there is only joy in my heart, like Maurice Chevalier sang.”
(Signed) Norodom Sihanouk
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KI-Media note: Maurice Chevalier was a famous French singer.
The Council of the Throne had already elected my parents as new King and Queen of Cambodia: H.M. Norodom Suramarit and H.M. Sisowath Kossamak.
Prince Sisowath Monipong, my second Uncle (the own brother of my Mother and younger brother of my first Uncle, Prince Sisowath Monireth) came to the Khemarin to tell me, in the presence of my Parents, in the grand living room (where we were standing next to my grand piano: I played a piece [of music] newly composed by myself).
Prince Sisowath Monipong, speaking out loud, told me: “Your Father is a moron and an idiot –sic!–. He is not as intelligent as You are, my dear nephew. How dare he nominate himself as new King of Cambodia?”
My Maman, frightened by this verbal audacity of Monipong, asked me to beg my Father not to be angry against Monipong.
I followed the “order” of my Mother. I begged my Father to grant his royal pardon to his brother-in-law. And my Father laughed his head off (most likely [because] he was only thinking about his new and young conquest: Ms. Yeap): “No, I am not angry, this guy Monipong can insult me freely, because, becoming King of Cambodia, there is only joy in my heart, like Maurice Chevalier sang.”
(Signed) Norodom Sihanouk
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KI-Media note: Maurice Chevalier was a famous French singer.
