King of Albania i Shqiptarëve" in Albanian) as "Zog I". Zog sought to establish a constitutional monarchy. Under the royal constitution, the Albanian King, like the King of the Belgians, had to swear an oath before parliament before entering into his royal powers. The text of the oath was as follows: Zog's Kingdom came to be tied more and more closely to King Vittorio Emanuele III's Italy, until the latter occupied it on April 7, 1939. Zog fled the country, and five days later, the Albanian Parliament proclaimed Vittorio Emanuele as the new King. He took the title "King of Albania", which he
Coronation of the Thai monarch was succeeded by his only son King Vajiralongkorn whose coronation is scheduled to be held sometime after the completion of the funeral of his predecessor. The Thai language term for the coronation is "Rachaphisek" (ราชาภิเษก) or "Rajyabhisheka" (राज्याभिषेक), a Vedic term for an anointment (see "Abhisheka") of a monarch. The term preserves the fact that the anointment was once the most essential component of the ceremony. Today, however, the Thai coronation ceremony incorporates many rites including the anointment, the enthronement, the crowning, and the investiture of the monarch. The succession of a Thai king is not automatic, and was not