ADULYADEJ BHUMIBOL: (1927-2016) Rama IX, King Bhumibol the Great of Thailand 1946-2016. Blue ink signature ('Bhumibol R') at the head of an 8vo page removed from an album, also signed by Sirikit Kitiyakara (1932-     ) Queen Mother of Thailand, Queen consort of Thailand 1950-2016 as the spouse of King Bhumibol, in blue ink with her name alone ('Sirikit'). The page is further signed by Infante Juan (1913-1993) Count of Barcelona, claimant to the Spanish throne, and his wife Princess Maria de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1910-2000) Countess of Barcelona, mother of King Juan Carlos I of Spain, Prince Rainer Christoph Friedrich of Hesse (1939-     ) and one other. Also bearing nine blue ink signatures to the verso including Margaretha of Sweden (1899-1977) Swedish Princess, wife of Prince Axel of Denmark, Count Flemming Valdemar of Rosenborg (1922-2002) Danish Prince, son of Margaretha of Sweden, his wife Ruth of Rosenborg (1924-2010), Count Christian of Rosenborg (1942-2013) Prince Christian of Denmark, Count Ingolf of Rosenborg (1940-     ) Prince Ingolf of Denmark, Prince Viggo, Count of Rosenborg (1893-1970) Danish Prince, Elisabeth of Denmark (1935-2018) Danish Princess, Harald V (1937-     ) King of Norway since 1991 etc. Together with three further 8vo pages removed from an album bearing over twenty other signatures, to the recto and verso, of various other members of royal and noble households, some relating to Thailand, including Queen Rambai Barni (1904-1984) Queen Consort of King Prajadhipok of Siam, Princess Chumbhot of Naga Svarga, Prince Sanidh Prayurasakdi Rangsit (1917-1995) and his wife Princess Christine Rangsit, Princess Visakha Yugala (1941-1984), Smoebhak Sonakul, Prince Karawik Chakrabandhu (1917-2002), Vibhavadi Rangsit (1920-1977) Thai Princess and writer, Adulakit Kitiyarka (1930-2004), elder brother of Queen Sirikit, and his wife Princess Bandhusawali Yugala, Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1937-     ) Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria 1943-46, Prime Minister of Bulgaria 2001-05, Robert Hugo (1909-1974) Duke of Parma, head of the House of Bourbon-Parma and the pretender to the defunct throne of the Duchy of Parma 1959-74, Louis Mountbatten (1900-1979) British Admiral of World War II, later serving as the last Viceroy of India of British India (1947) and as the first Governor-General of the Dominion of India (1947-48) etc. Generally VG, 4

Provenance: The present pages were removed from the personal album of Baron Robert Stuker (1863-1940) Swiss historian, interpreter, diplomat and educator, a language specialist who was appointed tutor at the Greek Royal Court under King George I. Stuker was later appointed as Royal Chamberlain, Court Librarian and Personal Secretary to the King. Stuker accompanied members of the Greek Royal family on trips, took on sensitive diplomatic missions and became the King's advisor. Following his service with the Greek Royal family, Pope Pius XI appointed the Reformed Protestant Stuker as master of ceremonies and interpreter at the Vatican in 1924, posts he was to hold until 1935. In later years the album was added to whilst in the custody of Jurg Stuker (1914-1988) Swiss antiquarian bookseller and founder of the Stuker auction house in Bern, stepson of Robert Stuker.