Bangkok, Sept 17, 2026 (AFP) - 'Left-field' life: Briton becomes Thailand's top foreign monk

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2026-09-17

From a working-class childhood on the southern English coast to the top foreign-born monk in Thailand, Shaun Chiverton's quest for a better life has taken him further than most. Five decades after he travelled to India to follow the Buddha's teachings, the 68-year-old this summer became the first non-Thai to be elevated to the rank of Somdet Phra Rachakhana, or royal monastic leader -- the second-highest level in Thailand's monkhood. "My father s......

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