The Sad Story Of Myanmar's Last King | Burma's Lost Royals | Timeline

Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, was not always in a state of political strife. In 1885 the British army invaded Burma and deposed its King. He died in exile, ending a thousand years of monarchy. The royal family vanished, and the country was plunged into war and the longest military dictatorship of modern times. But after a century of silence they are back, and they’re on a journey to bring the family - past and present - back together. Filmed through three years of seismic change in Burma, this is the story of a family and a country emerging from the darkness.
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[@st3231]

I’m from Ratnagiri, and very few people here know about the last king of Burma in our region. Even his descendants have now assimilated into the local community. The irony is that Bal Gangadhar Tilak who was a freedom fighter from Ratnagiri was exiled to Mandalay and King Thibaw was exiled from Mandalay to Ratnagiri.

[@mbpplus1926]

Freedom fighter is better than cruel, selfish, useless and stupid burma king. I hate that king

[@rakhimukerji7937]

Last mughal emperor Bahadur Shah was exiled to Ran goon

[@shibam9224]

Is it ok to roam mayanmar for tourists now

[@redevillove]

Thanks for your information. We never knew the fact that the freedom fighter from Ratnagiri was exiled to Mandalay.

[@Kenny-vh4kh]

@@shibam9224 No it's not. Myanmar is no longer safe to roam around like before.

[@johnpatricksarsalejo4250]

As a Filipino and as a citizen of ASEAN too, I was so grateful to know a piece of a Myanmar's history. Coming from a country colonized by a European and American power, you must educate future generation about the glorious years of the monarchy, pass this onto future generation and friends never forget your roots, your identity as a nation is very vital for future progress and development. May King Thibaw's homecoming signifies national unification.

[@Sea-zu4bj]

There is nothing to be proud of in terms of identity and your roots. The monarchs did not bring about a magic golden age. The best thing to do is look after yourself, know your history as well as the worlds and continue forwards. No I am not British I just hate nationalism

[@arthurdanielles4784]

Yes indeed teach them how 5 months after the just out of diapers kid took the throne he had over 80 of his relatives savagely beaten to death in a 3 massacre..

[@user-pd9ju5dk5s]

Thibaw was highly unpopular in Myanmar, as is the monarchy

[@zbtun1447]

The last king Thibaw was considered weak and stupid by the Burmese. He was unable to defend his nation against the British-India. His mother ordered to kill many smart royal families including Kanaung prince (who attempted to modernized the country).

[@johnpatricksarsalejo4250]

@@zbtun1447 i didn't know this.

[@stefansyiemiong5881]

I wonder how the british people would take it if some foriegn power did this to their royal family.

[@cyrusthegreat1893]

Stefan Syiemiong Exactly! Well said indeed! 👍🏻

[@fuhsulu5651]

Very good point!

[@zeedavis5300]

After they take the British royal family, they will return them right back. They are not worth the keeping

[@emmanuel2333]

The British royal family is so big and has so many descedants like most of the royals in the europe is their relatives

[@MT-eb8ow]

They also took some Royal Treasure.

[@FionaKumariCampbell]

They did the same to the last King of Kandy Sri Lanka, and made him out to be a monster so our own people turned against him and his memory. British colonialism disgusts me

[@tainanking]

The even worse reality is that most of these countries are better off under colonial rule. Once they gain independence you see their own people constantly overthrowing each other for corrupt power. Just look at Myanmar now…

[@DeityCloud]

Even in Philippines, communists and the US turned the PH president that contributed a lot to the country to be a monster dictator to the people

[@NothingwrongwithmeitsaYOU]

🤣🤣

[@meetzoulytpremier8590]

Western destroy Asia monarchy

[@jamesharland5137]

And the same people are doing the same thing today ....USA is Britain which are both Anglo german of the holy roman empire as they decribe it to us worshipers of jewish god yaweh ...yet whenever i have smoked DMT the world you see looks like ancient burmese buildings and the beings you meet look like the people of the statues

[@myothaw007]

Wow. As a Burmese, this is one of the best documentary I have ever seen on Myanmar. It has a little bit of everything; history, culture, politics, drama, and the education system.

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[@zarzartinwin593]

As a Burmese I feel sad that our Monarchy had disappeared into thin air and new generations don’t see our royals anymore. In fact in history, King Thibaw was weak and highly manipulated by his Queen Supyalat who organised to assassinated the powerful and highly intelligent princesses in order to take control of power. They also neglected the ideas and suggestions from the well experienced ministers who served previous kings which resulted in the downfall of our country , monarchy and become British colonial country. In our history, we really had powerful Kings. History was seriously brutal when people only looked to hold on to power. 😢

[@aggamingaung2632]

dictators are the best

[@agaming6043]

@@aggamingaung2632 worst thing about any country under dictatorship ruling ..the only one suffers are the one who supports...but still remains silent reluctantly..

[@MacNCheese68]

@@aggamingaung2632 Dictatorship isn’t and shouldn’t only be about one person in power, it must be extended to include a system of power such as “western style democracy”.

[@ชนม์เฉลิมประคุณหังสิต]

@@aggamingaung2632 Of course when they are wise and productive. Too bad that many of them are highly corrupted, foolish, and counter-productive.

[@haimoo7757]

Only Burmese want to see royals, the rest of ethnic minorities in the country couldn’t care less.

[@ardikaputu]

As the people of Myanmar neighbouring country (Indonesia), i just knew if Myanmar royal family were overthrown by British. Unlike Thailand, or Malaysia, i also never heard of their past history of monarchy. Even in Indonesia as republic, we still have dozens of royal family across whole archipelago as predeseccor of the Republic. Most of them still well respected by the people.

[@yimveerasak3543]

Maybe you haven't heard that Terengganu sultan was also banished and overthrown by British Military Army (BMA) for siding with Thailand in WWII. Terengganu is a state in Malaysia. The sultanate is there but the bloodline had changed.

[@Nekogin-dj4tz]

@@yimveerasak3543 same thing with Johor too ..

[@travelerforever8849]

After Jww birch killed seem the sultan also banished..

[@WasanChannel]

Hope one day peace and prosperity is restored in Burma. From your loving neighbour Thailand.

[@kaunghtiketun1513]

Thank you🙏

[@sawsoewinhla4894]

ขอบคุณมากครับ

[@newyorkerjoe123]

@@olefella7561 Remember, it was the West that introduced opium to Burma and China in thy bygone era. Web link, blog.chinadaily.com.cn/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=742201

[@andrewzor2533]

Your thought is much appreciated, our neighbor.

[@einodebmiel4050]

Myanmar are Thailand are Buddhist brothers.

[@antoniob.italia79]

What a sad story. Great documentary. Hugs to Myanmar from Italy.One day I hope to visit this beautiful country.

[@kaungsettzaw3449]

Thank you for your kind words. Welcome to our country.

[@aungmintun6924]

now country is in great turmoil

[@TheDudePotata]

#save_myanmar

[@agaming6043]

@@aungmintun6924 wat does it mean?? Can't understand Ur sentence structure....please make it simple and understandable.

[@koaungsan9585]

@@agaming6043 He said "Now, the country-Myanmar-is in chaos (due to the dictatorship)."

[@durbanbudz]

I agree with the brother, bring him home.

[@A808K]

Excellent documentary. Thank you. On my third visit to Myanmar I visited the royal palace in Mandalay in February of this year and there was a woeful lack of background info that you have now provided. My heart is with the Burmese people and I hope a better understanding of their unique and great history will be restored to the people as this now emerging modern nation takes it's rightful place in the world again.

[@JN-wr9he]

They have no rightful place as long as they continue persecuting the Rohingya

[@willi-c1z]

Watching a documentary like this always makes me wonder what my country would look like today if the British never colonised? Would we be in a state where we are right now? Would we be ruled by a monarchy and be developed in all aspects? No one knows.

[@TheSpawol]

Burmese king exiled and died in India. Indian king exiled and died in Burma. The irony...

[@jenimarai1906]

Who? If ur Talking about Last MUGHAL BAHADUR SHAG JAFFAR to let you know.. His Kingdom was Only around. DELHi area.. Lost his ENTIRE EMPIRE to MARATHAS by 1775 . It was 3rd ANGLO MARATHA WAR which MADE BRITISH to ESTABLISH INDIAN EMPIRE... better know the FULL HISTORY

[@dhritishmanm3144]

@akhil ajayan not indians. Only North Indians,specially around Delhi and Awadh. Rest of India had their own kingdoms and did not support the rebellion. The Sikhs,Rajputs, Gorkhas and the Nizam helped the British in suppressing the rebellion. India never had a single king who controlled the entire sub continent.

[@adrianhan1059]

It is not a iron. it was deliberate . Devious deliberation by the British.

[@addiebaybayan]

The British Royals have their own way of making a mockery

[@jenimarai1906]

@akhil ajayan lol, India has 575 kingdoms during 1947 , Whole of Rajasthan, GUJARAT, Mysore, Bhopal, Travancore...were always Independent..I was born in Kathiawar..present day GUJARAT..only AHMEDABAD city, Surat was ruled by British....if u don't know then STFU.. AFTER 1947 , They were given a Choice..to join...as I said..MUGHALS manage to ruled UPPER NORTH + PRESENT DAY PAKISTAN PUNJAB, Khyber pass only a few 200 years..which kept on losing to SIKH EMPIRE, AGHAN DURRANI EMPIRE....Go read FULL HISTORY.. If u still dont know..

[@chaunguyenphuc6642]

Hello from Vietnam. I was deeply touched by this documentary. Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos were previously colonized by French empire instead of the British one. However, they were all the same, they brought down our mighty dynasties by guns and violence, exiled all the last kings to their overseas territories and divided the country both geographically and politically so that we could not reunite and find our past glory. I knew Burma had a long difficult journey to independence and just started to open for freedom. History generally is always written by the winner without mercy and justifying of what did actually happen. But gradually, I hope, no matter what political system and diverse culturally and ethnically, we all have to show respect for the past. Kings and dynasties are our past, however good or bad later generations might judge them, ultimately, they represent the unity of the country both physically and spiritually. We could not ignore them for any reasons. Last but not least, although not being a Burmese, I felt grateful for the effort of Mr. Soe Win, I believe soon Late king Thibaw’s legacy would eventually be carried back to Burma, next to his beloved wife, because nothing more cruel in this world than being separated from country you belong to. Peace and good hope for all Burmese fellows too.

[@solomonking5097]

Sucks we living in a communist like system. If you notice about history they all have one thing in common. Eliminate all educated civilians and leave the dumb breed behind to repopulate soicety while erasing rich history of these nations exosted thousands of years. Burma missing Monarchy is a good example......

[@alleymarie4420]

It's so messed up, how that happened to their family. I think they should be able to have their grandfather's remains brought home, at the very least.

[@Sea-zu4bj]

Good to see these guys weren’t born rich

[@Alusnovalotus]

this man should be king. he has humility and honor.

[@thepunadude]

HE IS THE KING

[@cyrusthegreat1893]

Totally agree.

[@786swe]

alus nova No. This man an opportunist who could not care less to bring out real historical info.

[@goesastawan4969]

And his cousin is a brilliant opposition....If they're a real reigning family, Their country will be great since they can argue with a logic and clear idea. And, a lovely smile....

[@yeyekpg]

@@786swe Where at any point did he try to take any Opportuniy out of this whole episode? He is just trying to bring his Ancestors home.

[@kaungkyi5421]

History is a very important....as a Burmese I m crying deep down .It is very important for our young generation to know about our history and to love our country.These days most of the young Burmese don't know what we used to be how the river of history flows. What happened it happened all we can do is learn for this case and treasure our culture and history of what we used to be and what we are.I m soo glad that my dad taught me well since I was a little,even tho I m 19 years old the soul of mine alway wanted myanmar to be well known for its true history and rich culture and wish it will never be forbidden.

[@ShiningMyanmar]

I am from Burma and I love and support Democracy. I am not mourning for the monarchy but I don't know why I cry when I am watching this video.

[@bobevans9996]

king is human so human need to go home - simple - democracy - britain is still mornanchy - beautiful - demoncracy doesn't mean u can't have history culture royalty ...

[@goesastawan4969]

I just imagined when someday George, Charlotte, Louis or Achie Visit Buckingham Palace and have to buy the tickets for it....

[@johnwee7140]

it's a sad thing hearing and watching this documentary. I would think most of Asia's problems this very day have the origin dated back to the British. from Burma, India, Hong Kong, and etc. history have not reflected most of this. let hope that it doesn't repeat itself.

[@arthurdanielles4784]

Especially when you have King Thibaw the just out of diapers kid with a god complex, who took the throne and within 5 months over 80 of his relatives were savagely beaten to death. As a Brit I am glad to note we kicked him out, note not beat him savagely to death but exiled him to India, gave him money to live on, paid for his servants, his house etc.. Heck us Brits are just too dammed civilised.👀

[@massimomassimo5464]

Malaysia, Palestine so on so on. They left a legacy of miseries unashamedly

[@rakhimukerji7937]

NOT ONLY ASIA BUT AFRICA,LATIN AMERICA

[@rakhimukerji7937]

NOT ONLY ASIA BUT AFRICA,LATIN AMERICA

[@tammyalspaugh8662]

They seem like such nice people. Decent people.

[@sawsoewinhla4894]

😘😘😘😘😘😘

[@dannyrobinson9292]

As a Myanmar,I feel very emotional watching it.Imagining how King Thibaw must have missed his beloved country from the foreign country.

[@arthurdanielles4784]

Ah he must have missed the 80 of his relatives he had savagely beaten to death some 5 months after he with his god complex; took power. 👀

[@mcsang7781]

@@arthurdanielles4784 what were you saying brother, did king thibaw massacre 80 of his relatives ???!!

[@arthurdanielles4784]

@@mcsang7781 I suggest you look at the relatives that were exiled to India for more insight into all of that. He was I believe the usual paranoid autocratic self proclaimed god that got kicked off his throne?👀

[@WafflesGud]

*Burmese

[@WafflesGud]

@@mcsang7781 Yes but not king thibaw his wife massacred 80 to 100 royal family members

[@mjlee5617]

That was how the British invaded SE Asia at that period of time. The British knew how to thrive on local chaos and the local monarchs were desperatly wanted to retain their loyal status. Anyone who read the history of SE Asia would understand.

[@cyrusthegreat1893]

MJ Lee British messed up the whole world for their own advantage, not only the South East Asia.

[@hollymacarone6424]

This is just so sad but wholesome in the end.❤️ Thank you for doing this amazing documentary. You're so thorough and not partial at all. Just honest unfiltered truths. This is how the media should be! As a Myanmar, this has awakened my inner patriotism 🇲🇲. The British royal family and their people should know how they got their privileges (by destroying other countries). Just like Davi Thant Cin said, I don't hate all the British people, just the one group who did this and their descendants 🙂

[@stj971]

The British royals who were mostly German in origin

[@laurenceco7154]

As Filipino, born and raised in the Philippines, Spain, England and all the European Colonizers were the "Demonic Three Horseman", the scourge of humanity, the slave masters (traders), thieves, "drug cartel," murderers, rapists, cultural & religion destroyers, genocidal maniacs and many atrocities. All these are facts of history that should definitely be taught to our children and grandchildren ! There is nothing to be proud of being able to speak their language or familiar with their culture. The important thing is to know who you are, knowing your own language and be proud of your culture and ancestry.

[@TheKnitch]

If you can't openly take pride in the past, how will you learn to have pride in the future?

[@kaungkyi5421]

bec there is nth to be proud of that case

[@lunilamtung6107]

I agree with what they said we can’t forget our history. It all leads back to lack of education and if we go farther and farther it brings us back to the fact that as a Burmese myself that we need to renew our mind and passion for our country. I love seeing how humbled and thoughtful the royal family are today. They’ve adapted to the turmoil of changes but at the same time it’s sad how forgotten they are. I’m greatful for Alex and his team for putting an effort as a history lover himself so that we are now a little more educated than before we watched. So thank you for what you did👏🙏. My last thought is this that at the end of the day, we are all human being created by the one true God. This world is passing, we can’t change our past. But we can do something about the future and that future won’t be beautiful without Jesus. I believe that if Burma would accept the gospel that has been preached by many great missionary like Judson who gave up his life for Burma and know the truth, Things will change because it’s the reality that we need God to intervene. The gospel changes situation. So let’s not drag ourselves farther from changes that we’ve been longing. This country has endured much suffering indeed and until today, there is no peace and rest. So it’s time to put our trust in Jesus! May the Lord strengthens this country and may his grace and mercy be upon it. Myanmar 🇲🇲 for JESUS!

[@katesuwatthana5512]

Feel deeply sorry for your country from the bottom of my heart as aThai. No any country deserves to be taken.

[@carolineduliat]

I'm from Sabah, previously called North Borneo. We have history being under British colonial rules. Thank you for this informative video, I'm learning so much about Burma history. It's important to learn about our country's history.

[@beverleysteele1106]

i just was so emotional watching this my great grandmother was Burmese and it saddens me to see still the turmoil

[@finemen456]

The Problem actually started from the King Thipaw's father King Min Tone as he married a lot of women which made many princes and princesss. That later caused battles between cousins brothers relatives and also caused problems deciding who to give the king's place to. They even had civil wars between princes during the british invasion.

[@Santasei]

Amazing documentary!, would be nice to also have one about the exiled royal family of neighboring Laos in France.

[@vendweler]

Western Countries lived on the fats of our land that's why they are rich. I'm from the Philippines and the Spanish and the Americans exploited our natural resources.

[@Aryanbloggs]

You filipinos still worship whitescas gods, even use their names.

[@wanderlusthappy8110]

Royalties of today can be a symbol of culture if not power. It can be a source of pride. To have museums dedicated to the lives of the royalties for the generations to understand that your past as an independent country was magnificent will be a symbol of dignity and hope for the future generations.

[@J-a-c-k-0]

Im British and this is such a sad documentary, I want to start a fund-raising fund here in the U.k to help get the finances together to help bring the King of Myanmar back to his homeland.

[@socialistsolidarity]

It was interesting to see how they would avoid saying the 'B' word 🤣Rather just saying 'in your country'. But on a serious note, this doco was interesting and facts were well presented. I hope a lot of British people would view this and educate themselves on real historical events of British imperialism and not through BBC's nostalgic interpretation.

[@Joblovenuk]

Really good movie

[@PrathikKodava]

Myanmar 🇲🇲 lots of love from India 🇮🇳

[@aac2289]

Thank u love from Myanmar to India bro , I love Indian foods had Indian friends back in singapore

[@mayyin1976]

I am a Myanmar and I have read the real history of the last king of Burma. It was indeed a very sad story how King Thibaw and Su Pya Lat was exiled to India. Actually KIng Thibaw was not of royal blood. He was actually a monk in a temple until Su Phaya Lat's mother put him on the throne and this is how he became a royalty.

[@melanyebaggins]

It's despicable what was done to their country and their monarchy. I hope that one day (even a small amount of) what they'd lost can be restored.

[@dracokaiser]

If only the Manchu royal heirs have such strength 😢. I admire the Burmese royals

[@abeyzack2300]

Respect royal family of Burma!!

[@raykenley]

A restore monarchy can actually help the country to move forward,and earn back Myanmar long lost dignity. History should be restore and the people deserve to recognise their heritage.The British monarchy help the government drawn in about 200 billons into Britain economy every year.The Queen is our country most precious ambassador to support our government go further with trade negotiation. In return, the royals only gets about 20millions from the government, and she pay tax for her earnings. It is a win-win strategy in the country long term benefits.

[@cyrusthegreat1893]

Ray Kenley I totally agree with restoring the monarchy in Myanmar.

[@CSTunTun]

I don't know if that would be possible. You see, King Thibaw was blamed for the colonization of Burma. He was unpopular because of the purge of the royal family by his mother in law. The third anglo-burmese war was easy because many people believed the British would transfer the crown into another prince, Nyaungyan, and did not resist.(could be propaganda, Idk) There were massive insurgents after the king got taken away, but it was too late. People also have this opinion that Thibaw brought down a golden age kingdom built by King Mindon.

[@cyrusthegreat1893]

Tun Tun As a matter of fact, it would be possible only if Burma becomes a full democracy and the influence of army diminishes completely within the country’s internal affairs.

[@cyrusthegreat1893]

Ceri John Why though?

[@CSTunTun]

​ Cyrus The Great Our constitution dictates that the military must be allowed to engage in politics. It must always have 25% of seats in the parliament. So, change the constitution. Problem solved, right? No. Here we reach the catch 22 of our constitution. It must have a total of more than 75% of votes in the parliament to get a referendum to make changes to the constitution. So, even if the pro-democracy NLD party gains all 75% of the seats in the parliament, which is a very impossible task btw, they would also need the military's participation to get the necessary votes. It wouldn't happen as long as all the military people in the parliament listen to the military's commander-in-chief who, understandably, doesn't want to weaken the military's political power. It took years to change two meaningless words in our constitution.

[@malcolmwar977]

It's a beautiful commentary on a sad history of struggle in Myanmar.

[@grahamclim]

The lady princess is known as Green Princess who said she is an environmentalist is innocent of her destiny. While Soe Win him after the destiny of Myanmar lost monarchy, that is great for his country to understand that "without History, you lost recognition of your country". I do agree Mr. Soe Win regain his justice, and Myanmar will be delighted to know the history of Burma is a foundation of a strong country. His cousin Green Princess is a campaign for human beings internationally which I cannot understand what she wants to accomplished for human international while she cannot even first look at their destiny before going international. My view is who cares about Green Princess working for international humans, what is that? Being a Myanmar citizen should solve its problem first within Myanmar, why take care of international humans who has nothing to gain for her people? Soe Win is very realistic, his way of making it right is patience. One more option is to file a case at the United Nations against the British that drives them away from their King’s repatriation. Old British had colonized many countries, particularly in Africa that till today, much poverty still exists. Mr. Soe Win, my advice is to fight for what is righteous, what is just and the truth will set you free.

[@54living]

Too shallow or too naïve thinking. Even India can't get back their Koh-i-Noor diamond that is in British crown. LOL! Be realistic. Green princess is more realistic. What? Burmese royals must getting money from Burmese again? (Try to sue to British? No way, never can't get). What they've done? They lost to British to Burma and Gen. Aung San fought back from British and where were those bonkers royals were? Now, Burma is poor and undeveloped and those bonkers royals wanted to restore monarchy? For what? To get money from Burmese public. Why they didn't do like Aung San Suu Kyi for Burma. So, green princess is totally correct and realistic.

[@yeyekpg]

@@54living Did Royal-Descendants claim that they wanted to restore the Monarchy at any point of this Documentary? Who cares whether you want to work for the whole World or Universe, while you, yourself, lost your Identity and your Voice is unheard? Get the Fact straight, Dude. We are here to talk about the Lost Royals: Not the god-damned Planet!

[@rusian6070]

Exactly! The sister's thinking is too naive to live in this cruel world. You can't even set up straight your history yet think about world peace. People should respect their own history to move on and face the present to come out at the top in future.

[@kyiswe2748]

Your insight is not insightful enough. I can understand why Devi means it's not the time. Cause she knows our country situation and care more than Mr Soe Win. Myanmar was not quite in good terms with ethnic minorities at the time of this documentary. They didnt trust majority burmese cause of history long oppression of minorities. Thats why bringing him (icon of ethnic burmese absolute monarch) back at that time was not a good idea. Thats why said its not the time. As you may probably learn myanmar situation now, comm in chief visiting the tomb didnt help the case either.

[@morgannine]

Y’all saying that now SoeWin’s best friend is the murderous dictator nobody wants in the country. Nobody cares about that selfish ignorant King and his evil wife. They all killed KaNaungMinnTherGyi who literally invented underwater mines and tried to industrialize the nation- protect the nation. What are y’all saying now in 2022 after the horrible massacre

[@joaari1]

Couldn’t really hear what the interviewer says sometimes. No subtitles for him but subtitles for the burmese

[@vanessafong1332]

Great report. It is about time for the world know the history of Myanmar.

[@pundoyaranda7644]

Now you know what greed can do to people! Hope this history will help for us to be kind and compassionate!

[@sankarra67]

At least Burmese Government and Military must do, bring back Great King Thibaw Min tomb to his land to get peace of King soul.

[@786swe]

Raju Bumese military government did not and do not want any competition.

[@bosse641]

Very sad that the British did this to the nation.

[@ChamroeunMC]

I really want to see the expression of Myanmar people here. I'm curious about their feeling and viewpoint. Anyway, I feel sorry for Myanmar's royal family. I do love Myanmar and want to visit there once.

[@yeyekpg]

Majority of Burmese will be watching this in tears. The most painful part of this whole saga is that King Thibaw was buried without any Buddhist Ritual. When a buddhist passes away, Religious Ritual is to be performed in him/her before Cremation. Or it is believed that he/she will be lost in the dark of afterlife. The pain is beyond any word to see that funeral rite was performed on King Thibaw only after many Decades.

[@soulcrafthd2822]

Apsara Khmer It’s quite interesting that to this day the western media is trying to bring down the image of Myanmar. Myanmar’s doing their best in bringing peace to internal conflicts but deliberate attempts to destroy the image of their democratic activists seem very unsettling.

[@zarzartinwin593]

As a Burmese I feel sad that our Monarchy had disappeared into thin air and new generations don’t see our royals anymore. In fact in history, King Thibaw was highly manipulated by the Queen who organised to assassinated the powerful and highly educated princesses which had become huge issues that Burma had to fell under Britain monarchy. History was seriously brutal when people only looked to hold on to power. 😢

[@htinlinaung2913]

We really want our king body back here! Hope it will happen soon

[@aac2289]

sad for us

[@yetbo5318]

Salute to mr soe win. Hope he will be successful in bringing home d last king of burma. He could be a great leader.

[@kaybreilgabriel9794]

The British took everything from Burma but only left behind dissensions and divisions that have been going on till this very day.

[@DreamBelief]

With the intelligence and humility of these people I wish they were restored to power, Devi in particular. I can imagine it would be a much better place for all. Even the attacks on Rohingya would stop under them in my opinion. To be honest, we need more people like Devi all over the world (my country of Australia included). We could all improve a lot with more people like her.

[@blazefairchild465]

Everyone especially a deposed King deserves to rest in the soil of their birth land. The British must bring him home with all the pomp & circumstance he deserves ! Also the remaining family must have any items & properties still available returned. Cash settlements for the things that can not be replaced.

[@sumangalrajkonwar2371]

I was in Mandalay last year. I was just imagining Mandalay and the exile of King Thibaw the whole time while I was there.

[@marianrobinson4082]

This story needs to be told. Bring the king home, place him next to his queen. The British did this? I don’t understand why.

[@thepunadude]

UH, BECAUSE THE BRITISH, LIKE AMERICANS CAN BE SEVERELY CONDECENDING

[@marianrobinson4082]

beo wulf condescending? How is this condescending?

[@dloadthis1617]

They did it for GREED!

[@maonutrition3177]

money

[@quanfung5958]

YES ...U are just like the White entitlement Min-Set ...still thinking that knows it all and champion of human Right !!! Ha...Ha...ha....

[@mimimiao6921]

The environmentalist family member is so negative. The cousin who wants to bring back their great grandfather wants to act as soon as possible because he is already getting old and if they wait a little longer he will be older and he might not be able to do it.

[@terryleong7]

Looks like Princess Devi will make a more sensible monarch

[@ottomanosman2463]

That's "unless"

[@lancesay]

when you care about humanity you are a better person, a better person make a better leader and a better leader make a better monarch. you are correct, terry leong.

[@NeerajVerma-bk1nn]

We need our king back, we r like orphans

[@danielwaldron1053]

The Burmese people should deal with this once and for all. It is such a shame that Britain was responsible for having this king removed from his country. What would the British do if the Queen of England was forcefully moved to another country to live out her days? Very sad story indeed.

[@cil.4535]

They are royal to me! All the good characters of the Burmese can be seen in them. I wish them winning back the right place they deserve and can do more good things for Myanmar.

[@aac2289]

Where r u from

[@alexhayden2303]

The Truth about DEMOCRACY:It does not work in a Culturally Diverse population!

[@imp6505]

Nah ppl r just racist

[@debashisroy8265]

My praise to Buddha that every people,student in 🇲🇲🇲🇲🇲🇲🇲🇲 must know the history of 🇲🇲🇲🇲🇲🇲 and may restore the palace, tombs and also respect the royal family and ☸☸☸☸☸ also by maintaining peace inside the country. My hopeis that the country would again bring back it's past glory again..... Love from🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@nawanamcgaha6065]

Bitter sweet , too sad they did a horrible thing to this beautiful Royal family ! Bless you each & every one ! My heart goes out to you ! 💔

[@waheeduzzaman100]

Thanks for the history. Though I am a neighbouring country of Burma, but I didn’t know Burma's history.

[@kyawmintun8563]

It was an amazing video which gave me knowledge concerned with Burma’s interesting stories.

[@papadelta9233]

There is Thiba palace in my hometown Ratnagiri in Maharashtra state of india Today i came to know the truth

[@LUFFY09789]

The Burmese Royal family was the reason why the Ahom kingdom (in north east India) met it's demise in the early 19th century. The deposed Ahom king went to Bengal, to the British and called them to chase the Burmese out of present day Assam (north east india and the ahom kingdom). Not only were the Burmese defeated in Assam but they also went on to conquer Burma itself. As a descendant of the Ahoms, I would never support the Burmese Royal Family. They were also responsible for various atrocities in the Ahom Kingdom and the neighbouring Dimasa and Manipuri kingdoms. So, what happened to the Royal family was apt in my opinion and the British did the right thing.

[@Watcher1852]

YES THE KING SHOULD COME HOME

[@joachimpeiper93]

Bruh King Thibaw didn't invade Ayutthaya.

[@yuya9837]

@@joachimpeiper93 This documentary is about Burma and British. So dont bring Thailand in here.

[@joachimpeiper93]

@@yuya9837 hello I was actually replying to a comment, that one dude said King Thibaw led an invasion into Thailand, which is not true.

[@kaungheinsoe206]

You guys should also make documentary about Arakan Kingdom too. In present day Arakan is a province of Burma in western part. Arakan was also a independent kingdom with own culture and language before it was colonize by Burmese king in 1785. From that day Arakan become a part of Burma as a province. Arakan also have the same history as Burmese. But Arakan is not praised as like Burmese. I invite everyone to also interest in Arakan kingdom too.

[@rosannastark620]

I agree with Devi because I can say that was not a good time to bring the king home. The military still hold great power in the country even though democratic party won. My point is they can still make troubles about that case. They can bring the king back when the country is finally at peace 🙌

[@FRAGIORGIO1]

i am reminded of Rudyard Kipling's poem, "(On the Road to) Mandalay" where he speaks of a "Burma girl a-settin'", and ""And 'er name was Supi-yaw-lat jes' the same as Theebaw's Queen"., which I remember from a musical version more. Kipling's poem was from 1890, after the overthrow of Theebaw, so I suspect that his reminding of the King may have irritated some British diplomats and the Queen, who now included Burma in her "Empress of India" title.

[@FRAGIORGIO1]

She said, "There are so many problems", but when are there Not many problems ?? They must bring the king back, restore their history and their monarchy ! He is correct. One must begin where one is, not with the whole world. A monarachy with a representative popular assembly works for the Unity of a Country. The Monarchy should be restored. Monarchy is not an imposition.

[@CSTunTun]

What if people don't want it? King Thibaw was really unpopular among Konbaung kings.

[@54living]

@@CSTunTun Well said. He was hen pecked man then. He was puppet to be a king for his mother in law and to make him king there were many princes & princess were killed by his mother in law Hsinbyumashin ( Hsinbyumashin was a daughter of

[@54living]

Nanmadaw Me Nu who controlled country with her elder brother, Salin to Maung O, when king Bagyidaw became increasingly reclusive. Me Nu and her brother became de facto rulers of the country, and they were much feared for their tyrannical rule. Me Nu story is like this, one day during the reign of King Bodawpaya (father of king Bagyidaw) who established Amarapura Royal Palace, a falcon took the sarong of Me Nu who was taking a bath. The falcon dropped the sarong on the left wing of the southern royal palace. In consequences, sarong owner Me Nu arrived in the presence of the king. At that time, she was more than 11 years old. After royal officials conducted investigations, she grasped a chance of serving as a lady-in-waiting at the southern royal palace under the order of the king. Prince Sagaing (king Bagyidaw, son of king Bodawpaya, became the Crown Prince on 6 April 1809. Four years and six months later, his consort Hsinbyushinmei, gave birth to Prince Nyaungyan. Seven days later, she passed away. As Crown Prince Sagaing married with Me Nu in 1813, then she became the Crown Princess. Historians said that the female lineage of Nanmadaw Me Nu, Hsinphyumashin and Supayalat in the male-dominated Burmese monarchy is a very interesting one regarding the end of Independence and the monarchy.

[@Icangotwentyfoursevennonstop]

@54living For us Burmeses,King Thibaw was a stupid idiot who let british rule our country.Most of us will not allow this to happen Even thought He {the great grandchild of Thibaw} has a good idea,The government,the people,almost half of burmeses will not welcome this even if this happens.

[@panumastubsee603]

Just remember that people in present have nothing to do with the past, don't hate someone because something they didn't do.

[@omyongsuwankul4410]

Have faith my friends. Even in Thailand nowadays we are still fighting for our democracy.

[@April-jl6cu]

I'm from Burma. That was happy story, not sad story. That last king killed thousand of ppl include 100 of his own brother, sister and relative without law. (Actually Burma had law that time but king words been over law)

[@charjl96]

So if he restores the monarchy, will it be as a figure head or will they have absolute power? I know he said he doesn't like party politics, but he also says he's doing it for the people rather than himself. What if the people prefer the current political system, would he still try to do away with it? If so, she's right when she claims he's doing it for himself. If the monarchy is restored as a figurehead, has he even considered what he'll do to help the people and the country? Will he work to set up better schools? Infrastructure programs to increase the peoples' quality of life? It's possible that as a figurehead, members of the royal family will receive tax money. Will they spend it on themselves, or on Myanmar and its people? Everyone living in Myanmar today has never lived under the royal family, so the royal family better be careful to prove to the people that their restoration is a positive thing. And they should consider their restoration as a temporary thing until they do so. Also, the "Green Princess" and her naive idealistic rhetoric makes my stomach turn.

[@harleyquinn5774]

She clearly old enough to not be naive and she clearly hasn’t led the sheltered life of a traditional princess to be out of touch with the issues in Burma (I admit I don’t know specifically what Burma’s issues are but every nation has several).

[@charjl96]

@@harleyquinn5774 I don't know what their issues are either, but I know they have more than most.

[@kaungzawhan2000]

charjl Actually she is quite right.Maybe it's that she couldn’t articulate the point but it’s true that the political climate of Myanmar is not stable enough for such a controversial move.It will just fuel the division between ethnicities and nationalist sentiment of some extremists because it’s essentially a Burmese monarchy and other ethnicities have their own share of negative experiences.And besides,King Thibaw himself was controversial.So,even if you moved the remains,it would just be for the Burmese.I think that’s what she’s getting at.Restore the monarchy?My god,it would just add another power player into the already complicated politics game of Myanmar at worst or become a puppet of either the government or the military.It would be of no use at all.

[@CSTunTun]

​@@kaungzawhan2000 Yes, sadly the last dynasty was not really an inclusive one. They were Bamar supremacists. They basically weakened the Mons by expelling them from the Ayawady delta region. Massacred many people in Manipur, admittedly Alaungpaya was retaliating because of their yearly raids. Also, if some foreign sources were to be trusted, they started this Rohingya problem by invading Arakan. They also made native Arakan people mad at them by taking their Mhamuni Buddha statue.

[@54living]

Green princess is right. She tends to globally rather than only on one nation. His 1st cousin Soe Win is meant for his loyal linage. OK, nevertheless, monarchy can't be brought back coz they lost to British and the descendants didn't do anything about Burma's independent (the credit goes to Gen Aung San who is Burma's Independence hero). If royals wanted to be hero then against to military dictators (they can't and they are trying to team up with military dictators). So the credit goes to Burma's national hero's daughter Aung San Suu Kyi who is trying to recollect all the pieces of broken Burma.

[@s1r594]

hello from Thailand! Thank you so much for this documentary, it gave me the chance to see Myanmar like I haven't before. It's quite a well-known fact that Thailand and Myanmar fought in countless never-ending wars in the past. Back then the victory and losses would to an extent, would distribute equally. Our kings and theirs would fight on elephant backs in their majestic gold thrones against each other. Geographically our countries are even next to each other, sharing many similar things ranging from cultures to even fashion! This certainly transitions over today, in this documentary I recognize many similarities between both the countries. However,.. It's not quite the same as in the past- in this documentary, I noticed how similar yet different we are from each other... I could see the same three-wheeled vehicle, so iconic in my country and all over the world with the label "Thai tuk-tuk cars", running on the streets of Myanmar without carrying any tourists (this is a rare sight in Thailand) or anyone paying special attention to it. I could see their equally grand royal palace lacking the same maintenance as ours (they would light ours up at night and the garden area would be filled with carefully sculpted trees). While we literally have a famous song about how every house has the king(Rama 9)'s pictures in it, younger generations in Myanmar are forgetting their king and are not receiving the historical education they should get... - Then it struck me, .. how damaging war and violence can be, how many people it could affect... Perhaps if the British didn't attack- my neighboring country would do as well as us or even better, and perhaps the first Myanmese person I knew wouldn't be my maid who used to be an illegal immigrant here. The potential is there, the history is there, the culture is there, the architecture is most certainly there and most importantly inspiring and kind people like the green princess is in your country! I'm sending my best regards and stay strong- I know you guys will get over this!

[@s1r594]

my country narrowly escaped getting colonized but why is that - it's only because our king, then, familiarize himself with the western culture and made connections there. Personally, I don't think that should be the standard for whether a nation on the completely opposite side of the earth would survive. However, all that is history I hold no grudges, and let's just focus on making the future a little better!

[@morgannine]

The main reason of Thailand being lucky with Europe’s colonialism is because Firstly, it “was geographically located to function as an ideal buffer zone between the British colonies of the Malay peninsula and the French colony of Indochina”. Secondly, the King also tried his best to implement that “mandala system” and keeping Thai the only language … etc. But non of that is waterproof But, Myanmar was right next to India, China and geographically more attractive to the Brit’s than Thailand would ever be. Plus, the richness.. Burmese Rubies, Burmese this Burmese that. Plus, Burmese king’s brother who was inventing and planning for industrialization of the nation (including the invention of underwater mines) was assassinated. The corrupt queen who led these efforts is well hated. No we didn’t forget. History made that those two kings and last queen the most power hungry and ignorant people ever Yes, Thailand was lucky

[@s1r594]

@@morgannine yea!

[@nativepro1523]

History preserves a nation, a country. If there is no preservation and heritage there is less value. The royal family must unite so as to reunite the spirit of the country.

[@christophermontilla4748]

Same with the Philippines. It was also the British who gifted Sabah to Malaysia. Even with the necessary documents Malaysia wil not secede Sabah to the Philippines.

[@happyface96]

Just let it go, what's done is done, Sabah legally belongs to Malaysia now and any claims contrary to that is as baseless as China claiming traditional fishing rights in the South China Sea, historically they are not wrong buy legally their claims have no ground, and that's all that matters.

[@obergruppenfuhrer9696]

I think the sabahans doesn't need Luzon Corrupt Goverment

[@mandalayluxury]

Great video, I'm sure this video will be very useful for smart people.

[@eilocaffrey6090]

What beautifull man and his king 🤴🏽 and the people of Burma 🇲🇲🤴🏽🤴🏽💕💕💕

[@CalmingMelody77]

Thanks a lot for the timeline,

[@macmcguckien5648]

Fascinating documentary. The ripples of Empire reverberate through time.

[@rachelruthfrankle3905]

Great program

[@inmumbai2466]

Beautiful documentary!

[@emmanuel2333]

I would be favour if Myanmar would restore the monarchy . But, in a constitutional monarchy

[@barcode1545]

As a Filipino the situation of Myanmar is so a like of what happen to the Philippines by the European and American time they are like a termites

[@ThePricilar]

I wish we can restore our country from the current corruption 😢

[@corettakettles9837]

The queen ashes are in a mansion close to the tombs

[@maungsoethar2161]

😪😪😪 sad for king family, relatives and whole Myanmar people’s. Everything confusion since 1990 till now.😪 when can be peaceful minority and majority together peaceful, even most of the ethnic's are Buddhist Truth. Can we Hope our generation Peace and Independence.?

[@kerranky]

i am ashamed of the British to have exiled the King. I had a friend who came from Burma and she came to live here in England and she told me that the British soldiers raped the women.

[@mizzy115]

Bring the King back home. I don’t understand why his great granddaughter is opposed to this. So sad.

[@salient_one]

They should be able to take their grandfather home, but all that brother wants to do is make a political statement from it all and hope that he can reinstate the monarchy under him and I can fully see power corrupting him to the bone, just the taste of it has him wanting to use his grandfather's bones to his own benefit.

[@CSTunTun]

I don't see how he can gain any power at all. There's no support for monarchy here.

[@Jartisann]

a little bit on the wild side though, this scenario.

[@paulyp1313]

I live in Canada, and my next-door neighbor is from Burma

[@nobody-mq6qi]

Something’s fishy about the green princess 🤔🤔🤔

[@54living]

Internal conflict. They are struggling for power within as usual.

[@badarock177]

Globalism. Communism in disguise

[@NeerajVerma-bk1nn]

she want peace

[@kohtethtetaunghlaing]

As both countries with mix culture India and Burma meet same fate of Britain withdrew Quickly after independence.

[@raventhepoeticseeker]

I truly admire Devi Thant Sin’s words. She kept saying “This isn’t the right time yet” that women knew since 2016 that this country hasn’t fully received the authoritative democracy even after the election. We have been controlled under the enforcement of military by many laws such as Constitution of 2008 which they had made to protect their dictatorship and seats in the Parliament. Even still now in 2024, we are yet to bring peace and stability to the country’s economy, politics, education, and unity of different ethnic groups. Burma, my homeland, my birthplace is the epitome of the victim of power. Greed indeed brings corruption.

[@Prashob2198]

Even in 1857 at the first war of independence 🇮🇳 emperor Bahadur Sha Zafar also exiled to Burma by British.Still his grave is located near to shwedagon pagoda in Yangon.

[@kittygirl_thetortie498]

King thibaw married his half-sister Suprayalat. His father King Mindon married HIS half-sister as well. King thibaws mother in law Hsinbyumashin (one of the senior Queen - one of King Mindon's senior wives) was power hungry, cunning and cruel. She wanted her daughter to be the Queen. So she brokered the marriage between thibaw and her daughter. She then planned a massacre with a few higher officials and her daughter and massacred all the princes and Princess who could potentially overthrow thibaw as king which is known as the Mandalay Palace Massacre. King thibaw was not in line to be the King as he was the son of one of the junior queen who was sent to become a female monk by her husband king Mindon. Only 2 princes escaped the massacre and was saved by some British resident and was brought to lower Burma. After a few years, king thibaw and queen Suprayalat carried out a SECOND massacre where they murdered all the other royals who survived the first massacre. More than 400-500 royals were murdered in total. King thibaw was a weak king and was ruled by his wife Queen Supralayat who was the puppet master who was known to have a cruel streak. They lost the anglo-burmese war 7 years after ascending the throne and was forced to abdicate by the British. The current situation where the Burmese royals (descendents of king thibaw and supralayat) are not recognised is probably due to the curse of the bloody massacre done to all of king mindons's (thibaw and Suprayalat father) children and other royals. I wish this important history was mentioned in this documentary.

[@mdits249]

The fact is the last Mughal Emperor's tomb is in Burma and the last Burmeese King's tomb is in India.....