Burmese royals comeback fascination

14. Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung 19m19 minutes ago

    some quite flakey

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16. Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung 20m20 minutes ago
the common view is royal family Burma weakened by polygamy. 100s of rival claims to throne, intermarriage. Some I have met are impressive,
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18. Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung 21m21 minutes ago
but no reason not to have alt. view of Thibaw fr Brit view Desai is good Mainly weak man & victim manipulated by wife mother in law
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20. Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung 22m22 minutes ago
Lost Royals Burma only ruse by junta to 1 "legitimize" their own royal aspirtns 2. counter weight ASSK 3 distractin entertnmt
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    Alex Bescoby‏ @AlexBescoby 4 Dec 2016
Ever stopped to think what could have been? The #lostroyals admire the golden Lion Throne of their forefathers. #history #film #gold #royal

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    Alex Bescoby‏ @AlexBescoby 22 Dec 2016
Behind the scenes at the final shoot - #lostroyals of #Burma and #India gather at the last King's tomb at dawn. #history #film

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    Alex Bescoby‏ @AlexBescoby 15 Dec 2016
Next instalment of the Burma's Lost Royals filming diary, to mark end of #Burma shoot: http://www.grammar-productions.com/news/filming-diary-a-day-in-the-sun/ … #lostroyals #film #history

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28. Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung 27m27 minutes ago
Kyi Kaung Retweeted Alex Bescoby
William Dalrymple is superb, read White Moghuls and The Last Moghul.
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Alex Bescoby @AlexBescoby
No better way to spend a 2hr boat journey than with the stupendously readable @DalrympleWill, & the flip side to our own #lostroyals story
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    Alex Bescoby‏ @AlexBescoby Jan 11
Just catching up with @FrontierMM in a bit of downtime. What a very good question! #lostroyals @Grammar_Prod

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    grammarproductions‏ @Grammar_Prod Apr 3
The #lostroyals story is nowhere near finished it seems! Family to build tomb in #Burma for their King in exile. Sequel? #frontpagenews

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    grammarproductions‏ @Grammar_Prod Jan 3
Spending the day retracing the last footsteps of King Thibaw of Burma, taken away from Gaw Wein jetty in Mandalay. #lostroyals #history

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    Alex Bescoby‏ @AlexBescoby Mar 3
The heartbreaking story of Burma's forgotten First Princess, whose ashes are still missing. http://buff.ly/2m1ZBjm  #lostroyals
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    Alex Bescoby‏ @AlexBescoby 26 Nov 2016
The man who would be... For first time in history Burma's royal family remember Last King's exile - inside Mandalay palace. #lostroyals

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40. Kyi Kaung‏ @KyiKaung 30m30 minutes ago
After 130 years of obscurity, Myanmar's forgotten royals make a comeback https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/30/myanmar-burma-royal-family-monarchy-king-thibaw-comeback?CMP=share_btn_tw&page=with:img-2#img-2 … from 2016