The King Of Siam Returns To His Country - The king, with his entourage, on the steps of the ample of the Emerald Buddha in Bangkok. On December 5th.m 1945, the young King Ananda Mahidol of Siam returned to his country, which he left in 1938. The Ling, who is 20 years of age, has been studying in Switzerland. His Majesty travelled in an R.A.F. Air Transport Command Dakota, and landed at he Don Maung airport, where he was greeted by H.E. Pridi Phomyong Luang Pradit), Regent during the Ling's absence, and then by Major-General G.C.Evans, 0.B.E D.S.O., G.O.C. Allied Land forces, Siam. January 04, 1946. (Photo by British Official Photograph).