Prince Norodom Ranariddh, head of the royalist Funcinpec party, also made an appearance in Kompong Cham.

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Their arrival in Phnom Penh, where the royalist party is in disarray, will likely further erode Ranariddh's position.

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The royalist forces holding out along the Thai border will be targeted too.

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But with Spanish royalist officials refusing any autonomy, calls for independence soon followed.

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Bangkok's royalist elite has been chastened by the red shirts' pulling power.

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Bun-Ly's slaying heightened tensions in a capital already troubled by a quarrel between Ranariddh's royalist FUNCINPEC party and Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party.

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Even decorators and fashion designers have picked up on royalist themes.

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Mr Thapa used to have royalist sympathies.

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