Cambodia: The Man Who Wouldn't Be King

Once he dreamed of going to Hollywood as the "Cambodian Charlie Chan."

Then he took up the saxophone and made like "Cannonball" Adderley, belting out such compositions of his own as Love Without Hope. He supported a troupe of 30 dancing girls and a string of 20 thoroughbreds and worked diligently to improve the breed. Sports are his latest craze. He captains a championship volleyball team and recently dunked in 92 points in a basketball game. Eccentric and mercurial he may be, but Cambodia's Prince Norodom Sihanouk, 41, is also one of the...

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