Former ultra-royalist Tanat “Nat” Thanakitamnuay on Saturday posted an apology for taking a leading role in the PDRC protests that ushered in the 2014 coup. Photo: Nat Thanakitamnuay / Facebook 
"I have lived with shame that eats away at my heart for almost 10 years. I can't deny that I was part of bringing this country to its low point," he wrote.
Nat will be joining the anti-government "car mob" protest on Sunday calling for Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha to resign over COVID-19 mismanagement.
On Wednesday, he announced that he "decided to stand with the people and democracy" after a family member asked him to "stop touching upon" the 112 lese-majeste law, even offering him "a large amount of money to live comfortably overseas."
Nat shot to international fame when Vice News made a documentary titled "Driving Ferraris with the Thai Royalists" about him and another young rich scion protesting in the PDRC mob, Victor Kritsanaseranee.
The former ultra-royalist joined the Democrat Party in 2018, and in the 2014 protests, he was a high-profile young leader who harassed politicians in the Yingluck administration and escaped arrest by mob rule. Story: khaosodenglish.com/politics/2018/…
See Nat's interview on Friday with Khaosod (in Thai) and @PravitR here:
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