Lady Thiang

Lady Thiang is the King's "number one wife." She is the mother of Prince Chulalongkorn, the heir to the throne, and the most dignified, poised, well-educated, and wise of his many wives. She forms a fast friendship with Anna. Lady Thiang is a ready pupil for Anna's teaching, but she, like the King, has many traditional ways and views that clash with Anna's modern ideas. By the end of the play, she teaches the worldly schoolteacher about her way of loving to accept the faults of her husband and to love him because of the moments when he is "wonderful" and because he needs her.