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A royalist group, “Vocational Group Protecting the Monarch”, has vowed to hold demonstrations every Sunday from March 14 to show their loyalty to the country's highest institution.

The ultraroyalist Thai Pakdee group submitted a letter to Education Minister Nataphol Teepsuwan on Wednesday, asking him to launch five measures to promote protection of national institutions.

The ultraroyalist Thai Pakdee group will submit a letter to Education Minister on December 23, asking the ministry to set up measures to prevent bad politicians from using students as a tool to encroach on the monarchy.

Prominent protester Chonthicha Jangrew was intimidated by royalists in a restaurant and had to call the police.

A group of royalists showed up at Parliament on Wednesday to hand in a letter demanding that the authorities check the behaviour of some MPs.

Police had to intervene to prevent a conflict between yellow shirts and supporters of former Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit on Tuesday morning.

A social media user has apologised to Thai Phakdee royalists for posting a video that claimed royalist demonstrators on November 17 had been recruited from Chonburi province and there were no vehicles to transport them home.

A royalist confessed he brought a weapon to the rally site at Kiak Kai intersection on Tuesday, but denied using it when monarchists and pro-democracy protesters began clashing.

Suwit Thongprasert, or Phra Buddha Isara as he was known before being defrocked, led a group of royalists to the Bangkok City Pillar Shrine on Tuesday to pray for the safety of the monarchy.

The royalist group, “Thai Phakdee” (Loyal Thai), visited Parliament in Bangkok on Tuesday morning to submit a petition objecting to the amendment of the Constitution.

An ultra-royalist who is also a part of the Royal Family, Julajerm Yukol, has come under criticism after calling for the destruction of the historic Democracy Monument in Bangkok.

A spokesperson for the ruling Palang Pracharat Party has mocked Progressive Movement leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit after angry yellow-shirt protesters surrounded what they believed to be his car.