Prince Norodom Ranariddh is the second son of King Sihanouk of Cambodia and the half-brother of King Sihamoni. Prince Ranarit was born on 2 January 1944 and died on 28 November 2021.
The sons of King Sihanouk were sent to study abroad, and Prince Ranarit studied at the Faculty of Law of Aix-en-Provence in France and received a Bachelor of Laws degree. In the 1970s, Prince Ranarit worked in France as a teacher and researcher, and since 1983 he has been engaged in politics, following his father, King Sihanouk, on his southern expedition to the Northern War and carrying out the great cause of restoration.
Prince Ranarit also experienced hardships in his life, and in his youth he was taken to prison by Prime Minister Lon Nol with his younger brother Prince Naradipo, and later he was ransomed by his grandmother, Empress Goshaman, and fled to France.
During Pol Pot's rule in Cambodia, he refused to return to Cambodia and escaped with his life, and his five brothers and sisters and fourteen nephews in Cambodia were killed by Pol Pot.
(At this time, some netizens must ask why King Sihamoni escaped Pol Pot's murder?) This is because King Sihamoni was born to Empress Monilie, who was placed under house arrest with her parents for three years. ）
Since his abdication as prime minister in 1955, King Sihanouk has never wanted to be a powerless king again, so his old man was called "Prince Sihanouk", and his official residence in Beijing (15 Dongjiaomin Lane) was once called the "Cambodian Prime Minister's Office".
King Sihanouk only wanted to be the real ruler of Cambodia, and when he was restored, he wanted to be the president, not the king of the constitutional monarchy, so he made Prince Ranare as his successor. However, instead of becoming president, King Sihanouk became the king of a constitutional monarchy, and Prince Ranarid was not the president.
A brief introduction to Prince Ranari, now about Sam Rainsy, born in 1949, his father was The Minister of King Sihanouk, Sansari, who was once the right-hand man of King Sihanouk, but later parted ways due to different ideas and became enemies. Sansari joined Yama's alliance and was later killed by Yama yucheng for power.
Sunlandi is an economic professional, has been a banker in France, a good salary, but after the successful restoration of King Sihanouk, he returned to Cambodia to enter politics, and he is also good friends and like-minded with King Sihanouk's half-brother Prince Shriwu.
According to the number of generations, Sunlandi should call King Sihanouk a "elderly man".
Now that you have a brief understanding of Prince Ranarit and Sunlandi, we will now look at this photo. This photo is a large group photo from decades ago, when Prince Ranarit and Sunransy were still young, about 50 years old.
The people in the back row of the big group photo don't need to be mentioned, just look at the people in the front row. In the front row, from left to right, are Prince Ranari, Prince Shessin, King Sihanouk, Hong Cheng Xiang (Miki), and Sunlansi.
(Born in 1932, Shahim was a subordinate of Pol Pot and later defected to Vietnam, where he held important positions in the Vietnamese-backed regime in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.) ）
Prince Ranarit stood on the far left, and Sunransy stood on the far right, but both of them stood in different postures than the others. Prince Ranari and Shessin kept a certain distance, and Prince Ranarie stood on his side, bowing his head, and his face was full of humble smiles.
And Sunland West stood on the far right, next to Hong Cheng Xiang. Sunland sylvanized slightly, looking at King Sihanouk, also with a humble smile.
Why? Probably because Prince Ranari and Sunlan xi felt that they were juniors and should not be side by side with King Sihanouk, just like in "Dream of the Red Chamber", when Ping'er and Wang Xifeng ate together, Ping'er sat on her side and did not dare to sit and eat in a big way.
Prince Ranarit and Sunransi were too humble, and this should have something to do with their intellectual identity and aristocratic origins. Intellectuals are generally polite and polite, while people from aristocratic origins are well educated and have a good family environment from an early age.
It is a pity that such a polite person has a bad ending, Prince Ranarit had three car accidents in three years from 2015 to 2019, seriously injured in a wheelchair, and his wife was killed, since then Prince Ranarit has not been in good health, and he often has to go to France to see a doctor, and finally died of illness during treatment in France in 2021.
Sunlandi, on the other hand, went into exile in France and has not been able to return to China. Of course, It is not bad that Sunlansi is still alive, much luckier than Prince Ranari. This is "Shen Sheng died on the inside, and the heavy ear was safe on the outside."
Cambodia's modern history is like a "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", it is really "rolling water in the east of the Yangtze River, and the waves exhaust the heroes." Success or failure turns empty. The green mountains are still there, and the sunset is red a few degrees. White-haired fisherman on the river, used to watch the autumn moon and spring breeze. A pot of turbid wine is a happy encounter. How many things in ancient and modern times are in the process of laughter. ”
Reference: The Sihanoukville Family
The Unsinkable King---- Sihanoukville