The constitution of Cambodia made no provision for such a move.
CheaSim, the President of the Senate assumed the title of actingHead of State (a title he has held many times before), until the throne council met on October 14 and appointed Norodom Sihamoni, one of Sihanouk's sons, as the new king.
In his lifetime, His Majesty King Norodom Sihanouk has been married six times, producing fourteen children in a period of eleven years.
