Norodom Naradipo

Prince Norodom Naradipo (also spelled Noreakthipo;

Biography Early life and education Samdech Norodom Sihanouk Naradipo was born to King Norodom Sihanouk and Princess Sisowath Monikessan on . Naradipo's mother died of post-natal complications shortly after his birth. He was brought up by Princess Sisowath Pongsanmoni. He was educated in Phnom Penh and later in Beijing. Naradipo entered Dengshikou Middle School (灯市口中学, Later, he attended senior high school (gao zhong) in Affiliated High School of Peking University. Naradipo was designated as Sihanouk's heir on 17 November 1963, according to King Norodom who was starting to feel insecure about his own personal safety, Naradipo was chosen as "he alone would be capable of maintaining [...] the absolute unity which is indispensable" for Cambodia. After graduation in 1965, he studied Chinese language and literature in Peking University, Naradipo was released on 1 May 1973. In the following year, he left for exile in China. However, there were rumors that he was still alive.

Several people claimed to be the missing prince, all of whom were confirmed impostors. On 12 February 2010, Sihanouk reasserted that Naradipo and Khemanourak were killed by the Khmer Rouge.

Legacy Decades after his disappearance, Prince Naradipo is still at the heart of a faithful devotion, some Khmers believing that he could have been the prophesied Prince who would have saved the Khmer nation. Other devotees even claim have to have identified his reincarnation, namely abbot Lim Buntheoun in the United States of America, despite the fact that the latter has publicly refused this claim.