On the contrary, it will be a big gift if I am not King. I do not believe my father is happy to be King. He continues to blame me for making him King. I am happy also not to be King. We look too much like each other. He was deposed and I was deposed. History will talk about my father being deposed in 1970 in a coup d'etat. History will talk about Ranariddh as the deposed prime minister.

Julio A Jeldres (2 April 1999). Cambodia's Monarchy: The search for the successor. Phnom Penh Post. Retrieved on 8 February 2015.