Thailand’s Princess Chulabhorn, 62, has
been admitted to Chulabhorn Hospital in Bangkok, the Royal House
announced today in a short statement. The Princess’s public duties
are suspended until further notice. She has lost feeling in her
left hand, and an MRI scan showed that her nerves were trapped
around the elbow. The numbness is in her left arm, left ring finger
and the left…
The Thai Royal Household Bureau has
released a biography and images of King Maha Vajiralongkorn (or
Rama X)’s concubine, Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi, 34, who is formally
known as the Royal Consort “Chao Khun Phra”. Royal Household Bureau
She is the first royal…
Queen Sirkit, The Queen Mother of
Thailand, 86, has been released from the hospital where she has
been since 21 July. She will turn 87 on Monday. Her Majesty was at
Chulalongkorn Hospital in Bangkok and has now been returned to her
home, Chitralada Royal Villa. King…
King Rama X has bestowed the title of
Royal Noble Consort – the formal title for the chief concubine – on
one of his major-generals. This was the first this title has been
bestowed since Thailand ceased to have an absolute monarchy. Chao
Khun Phra Prayoon Wong was the last to be named Royal Noble Consort
in 1921. This tradition was abandoned in favour of having one wife.
Kings Rama…
A new law was issued yesterday, King Maha
Vajiralongkorn (or King Rama X)’s 67th birthday, that makes the
King and Thai Royal Family exempt from paying tax on any of their
land or property. The information was published in the Royal
Gazette. The land exempt from…
Thailand’s Queen Mother, Sirkit, 86, is
back in the hospital, this time with a respiratory infection. She
was admitted on Sunday to the Chulalongkorn Hospital in Bangkok
after developing a persistent cough and fever. The Royal Household
Bureau made the announcement on…
Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn, or
Rama X, has approved a new civilian cabinet of Prime Minister
Prayuth Chan-ocha, the Royal Gazette announced in Thailand on
Wednesday. The March election was hotly contested as it was the
first election in the country since the 2014 coup that placed
General Prayuth Chan-ocha as Prime Minister. Chan-ocha was selected
as Prime Minister after the election…
Thailand’s Princess Soamsawali, 61, has
been named a UNAids Goodwill Ambassador for HIV Prevention in Asia
and the Pacific. An appointment ceremony was held at Bangkok’s King
Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital on Saturday, 22 June. Shannon
Hader, UNAids Deputy…
Succession to a dynastic throne has
always been a perplexing and gender-specific affair when it comes
to hereditary monarchies. For centuries dating back to the era of
the ancient world, male-preference primogeniture has always been
the overriding choice for establishing who…
Thailand’s new Queen Suthida was widely
celebrated yesterday in the kingdom with various events. Alms were
given to hundreds of Buddhist monks by government officials –
including Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha – in the capital of
Bangkok near the Royal Palace. The same was done across Thailand in
various towns and cities. In Thailand, the giving of alms to monks
is a tradition…
