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An enjoyable watch with an interesting backdrop, during political turmoil the royal prince trying to find the balance between his forbidden love and duty / family. As a premise it was very interesting, and parts were beautifully filmed but the drama wanted to cater to a certain demographic making the story more palatable. The ending especially felt like a cope out, this should have been a story about betrayal , civil war and it's consequences but it ended up being "love conquers all". Love conquers death ??? Love managed to suddenly make the king forgive a guy who took part in ruining his life , took all his power and money , betrayed his family and used his son. They were desperately trying to make this a happy ending when it shouldn't be, we are talking about 1932 ... even-thought Thailand was traditionally more influenced by Buddhism and were more tolerant toward homosexuality, the social stigma was very much prevalent.

Fun watch as an elevated soap opera 6.5/10