It takes two: Loyalists take to the streets in Bangkok to back king

Supporters of Thailand’ s monarch y took to the streets of Bangkok yesterday.

But demonstration was small in comparison to the pro-democracy marches that have been going on for weeks, and yesterday saw the protesters marched to the German Embassy to appeal to Chancellor Angela Merkel's government to investigate whether Thailand's king has exercised political power during his extended stays in Bavaria. The Thai parliament began a special session yesterday to discuss the protests.