The Royal Household Bureau of Thailand has announced that Her Royal Highness Princess Soamsawali has is recovering well from a shin infection and fatigue on the right arm and hand. However, doctors are recommended a longer stay in the hospital and additional therapy. The Princess has been undergoing physical therapy to restore the strength in her right arm and hand.
She was admitted to…
Prince Akishino to resume role as Honorary President of 2019 Rugby World Cup
9th September 2018
Fumihito, Prince Akishino is to resume his role as the Honorary President of the 2019 Rugby World Cup, a source told The Mainichi on Saturday.
According to the Japanese publication, the organising committee will discuss the topic tomorrow.
It comes as no surprise as members…
King Maha Vajiralongkorn (or Rama X) of Thailand has honoured the cave rescuers who saved 12 boys and their coach from a flooded cave in July. The King named the heroes as Members of the Most Admirable Order of the Direkgunabhorn.
The award for significant voluntary…
His Imperial Highness Prince Hisahito of Akishino, the only son of Fumihito, Prince Akishino, and Kiko, Princess Akishino, turned 12 on Thursday, 6 September. To mark his birthday, Prince Hisahito, along with his sisters, Princess Mako and Princess Kako of Akishino, posed before the media as they traditionally do on his birthday. The imperial siblings had fun as they played with bubbles.
Prince…
Her Royal Highness Princess Soamsawali of Thailand has been admitted to hospital for medical treatment.
She was admitted to the Chulalongkorn hospital on 27 August for treatment of a swollen shin of the right leg, which was diagnosed as a tissue infection. Her condition…
Queen Sirikit of Thailand has been discharged from a Thai hospital after a bout with the flu the Royal Household Bureau said on Thursday.
The 86-year-old queen mother was released from Chulalongkorn Hospital in Bangkok and has returned to rest at Chitlada Palace.
The…
Queen Sirikit of Thailand is recuperating in hospital after being diagnosed with the flu. The Royal Household Bureau made the announcement just after midnight on Monday.
The 86-year-old queen mother was admitted on Sunday to Chulalongkorn Hospital in Bangkok with a high fever and a frequent cough after her doctors advised her to undergo a medical check. Medical lab tests showed that the Queen had…
Princess Ayako formally engaged to commoner Kei Moriya in betrothal ceremony
13th August 2018
Princess Ayako of Takamado, the youngest daughter of Princess Hisako and Emperor Akihito’s late cousinNorihito, Prince Takamado, has become formally engaged to Kei Moriya in a traditional betrothal ceremony called Nosai no Gi. The ceremony was performed last…
Queen Sirikit is the Queen Mother in Thailand, having married the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej in 1950 shortly before his coronation; sadly she has not been seen much in public recently following a stroke in 2012. She was born on 12th August 1932, at the home of her maternal…
Before they were royal: The life of Crown Princess Masako of Japan
10th August 2018
She is set to become Japan’s next Empress in May 2019, but today we take a look at the life of Crown Princess Masako of Japan before she married Crown Prince Naruhito.
Born Masako Owada on 9 December 1963 at theToranomon Hospital in Tokyo, Japan, she is the eldest daughter of Hisashi Owada andYumiko Egashira. Masako’s younger sisters are twinsReiko and Setsuko. Her…
