The King of Thailand pardoned them on his birthday, and they were released after six months.

In April 2009, the King pardoned more than 170 prisoners charged with endangering national security, including 35 Shias being tried on charges of trying to overthrow the state.

"For lesser acts than that which thou hast just performed, the King has pardoned men before," replied Her Majesty.

Barry surrenders, and he is about to be shot, when news arrives that the King has pardoned the rebels.

The King also quietly pardons many of the subjects the Queen has ordered to be beheaded when the Queen is not looking.

After the King pardons them, he assigns them a new mission and appoints Carmaine to aid them.

But when all that had befallen was told and searched out before Thingol, the King pardoned Turin, holding him wronged.

The King also pardoned political prisoners, including Islamists, in a gesture of appeasement.

In 2001, the King pardoned all those involved in the political violence of the 1990s, freeing hundreds of prisoners.

The King pardons him after hearing that Hong-rim's involvement with the Queen was purely lust.