Why is the king of Cambodia a prince?

What you said is an old almanac, which is not accurate. Not the king of Cambodia is a prince, but the Cambodian head of state who used to be a prince. This involves many strange things, starting with norodom sihanouk's life experience. Sihanouk's grandfather was the king of Cambodia. After his death, he passed it on to his younger brother, who passed it on to his son, Sihanouk's grandfather. The grandfather accepted Sihanoukville's father, that is, his cousin, as his son-in-law, so he came to Sihanoukville and the two royal families got together again. After Sihanouk's grandfather died, Sihanouk was elected king of Cambodia, while his father was still alive. After Sihanouk was in power for a period of time, he suddenly passed the throne to his father, became the prime minister himself, held real power, and acted as a strange "too emperor". After the death of Sihanouk's father, he was re-elected as the head of state, but he did not inherit the throne of the king, but was called the prince. This is what we used to call Prince Sihanouk. Although he was not called the king, he forcibly amended the constitution, made himself a lifelong head of state, and formally gave up the throne of the king, but actually exercised his power. In this way, Prince Sihanouk was strangely king for ten years until 1970, when the coup in Lang Nuo ousted him. Since then, Cambodia's political situation has been turbulent. It was not until 1993 that Cambodia resumed constitutional monarchy that he regained the throne. This time, he was turned upside down and became a king in name only. 654381October 7, officially announced his abdication. 10 10 14, 9 members including Prime Minister Hun Sen, President of the National Assembly Prince Ranariddh, held a meeting in Phnom Penh Palace to elect sihamoni as the new king of Cambodia.