Poor King Norodom Sihamoni.

It doesn't sound like he wants to be king.

It's true the monarchy is more of a figurehead these days, with the true power lying in the hands of Prime Minister Hun Sen.

But the bidding of Hun Sen, who helped turn Cambodia into a forced labor camp with the Khmer Rouge in the late 70s, can't be pleasant work.

Sihamoni spends his days pushing papers and receiving guests — despite his lack of interest in political affairs — and then he retires to dine alone and read, says one royal adviser.

He is a symbol of national unity, no doubt. Everywhere he goes, people bow at his feet.

But even so, he feels "sad, lonely and abandoned," according to a new AP article.

Many think of him as a prisoner in his own palace.

The 58-year-old bachelor clearly longs for the years he spent in Europe -- France and what used to be the Czechoslovakia -- as a ballet dancer and cultural ambassador. It isn't hard to imagine him dreaming of those far-off places from the confines of his castle.

Sir Elton John will be there. So will the sultan of Brunei.

David and Victoria Beckham have even managed to pencil it in.

But the king of Cambodia? He has better things to do than attend the nuptials of Will and Kate.

King Norodom Sihamoni, the 57-year-old former ballet dancer, has reportedly declined his invitation to the royal wedding.

According to the U.K.'s Daily Mail, the king doesn't even have a very good excuse, other than that he has "another important engagement."

"The King cannot come to the Royal Wedding because he has a very tight schedule," a spokesman for the Cambodian embassy told the Daily Mail.

While Sihamoni has always blazed his own trail, perhaps most notably in remaining an unmarried monarch, he isn't the first to turn up his nose at a royal wedding.

His father, King Norodom Sihanouk — who is still alive but abdicated the throne in 2004 — refused to attend Princess Alexandra’s wedding in 1963 after being told that he wouldn't get a guard of honor and he couldn't stay at Windsor Castle.