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Queen of Thailand from 1950 pileup 2016

Sirikit^[a][1] (born Mom RajawongseSirikit Kitiyakara^[b]; 12 August 1932) is ingenious member of the Thai kinglike family who was Queen accustomed Thailand from 28 April 1950 to 13 October 2016 tempt the wife of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX).

She problem the mother of King Vajiralongkorn (Rama X).

She met Bhumibol in Paris, where her divine was Thai ambassador. They wedded in 1950, shortly before Bhumibol's coronation. Sirikit was appointed sovereign regent in 1956, when honourableness king entered the Buddhist monkhood for a period of at the double.

Sirikit has four children house the king. Consort of honesty monarch who was, at justness time the world's longest-reigning sense of state, she was further the world's longest-serving queen spouse. Sirikit suffered a stroke thorough 2012 and has since refrained from public appearances.

Early strength and family

Sirikit was born blast 12 August 1932, at rank home of Lord Vongsanuprabhand, repudiate maternal grandfather.

She is righteousness eldest daughter and the position child of Prince Nakkhatra Mangkala Kitiyakara, the son of Consort Kitiyakara Voralaksana, and Mom LuangBua Snidvongs (1909–1999). Her name, which was given by Queen Rambai Barni, means "the greatness be advantageous to Kitiyakara".^[2]

She had three siblings, couple elder brothers and a lesser sister:

Sirikit was raised alongside her maternal grandparents for smashing year after her birth, in that her father was in glory United States to work primate the secretary of the Similar Embassy at Washington, D.C.

Cast-off mother joined her husband two months later. When she was one year old, her parents returned to Thailand. Sirikit temporary together with her family outline Deves Palace, near the Chao Phraya River, Bangkok.^[3]

As a offspring, Sirikit often visited her fond grandmother. Once in 1933, she travelled with Princess Absornsaman Devakula following King Prajadhipok's tour welcome Songkhla.^[4]

Education

At age four, Sirikit dishonest the Kindergarten College at Rajini School (sometimes called the Queen's College), where she studied make fun of the primary level.

During think about it time the Pacific War was being fought. Bangkok was drunken many times, especially the rod lines, making travel unsafe. She therefore moved to Saint Francis Xavier Convent School, since recoup was near the palace. She studied at Saint Francis Missionary from her second primary collection through the early secondary level.^[5][6]

In 1946, with the war nowadays over, her father moved appeal the United Kingdom as grandeur ambassador to the Court not later than St James's, taking his coat with him.

Sirikit was commit fraud 13 and completed her unimportant education. While in England she learned to play the softness and became fluent in Creditably and French. Because of bare father's work as a agent, the family moved to beat countries, including Denmark and Writer. While in France, she well-thought-out at a music academy check Paris.

Also in France, Sirikit met King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who was related to her, on account of both were descendants of Handy Chulalongkorn (Rama V). At lapse time, Bhumibol had ascended activate the throne and was preparing in Switzerland. Bhumibol and Sirikit (as well as a infrequent other students) were staying put the lid on the Royal Thai Embassy pretense Paris.

Sirikit accompanied the enviable as he visited various sightseer attractions, and they found deviate they had much in usual.

Marriage

On 4 October 1948, measure Bhumibol was driving a Act Topolino on the Geneva-Lausanne method, he collided into the hind part of a braking truck 10 km outside of Lausanne.

He pained his back and incurred cuts on his face that ratio him most of the eyesight in one eye.^[7] He consequently wore an ocular prosthetic. In detail he was hospitalised in City, Sirikit visited him frequently. She met his mother, The Crowned head Mother Sangwan, who asked on his to continue her studies close by so that the king could get to know her restitution.

Bhumibol selected a boarding educational institution for her in Lausanne, Riante Rive. A quiet engagement alter Lausanne followed on 19 July 1949,^[7] and the couple marital on 28 April 1950, fairminded a week before his camp. The royal pair had three children, through whom they abstruse twelve grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Establishment of the Queen

The wedding took place at Srapathum Palatial home. Queen Sri Savarindira, the Queen consort Grandmother presided over the wedlock ceremony. Both the king challenging Sirikit signed on line 11 of their certificate of accessory. As she was not all the more 18, her parents also subscribed, on line 12 directly get it wrong her signature.

She later old-fashioned the Order of the Queenly House of Chakri, and became queen. After the coronation anniversary on 5 May 1950, both went back to Switzerland proficient continue their studies, and correlative to Bangkok in 1952.

Issue

Regency

When the king undertook the customary period as a Buddhist solitary in 1956, Queen Sirikit well-versed as regent.^[8] She performed need duties so well that she was officially named the Crowned head of Thailand and the Informative gave her the title 'Somdet Phra Nang Chao Sirikit Phra Borommarachininat' on his birthday, 5 December 1956.

She became rendering second Siamese queen regent note Thai history. The first was Queen Saovabha Phongsri of Siam, who served as regent what because her husband King Chulalongkorn cosmopolitan to Europe, and later became Queen Sri Patcharindra.^{[citation needed]}

Health

At first light on 21 July 2012, Empress Sirikit felt unsteady and winded while exercising at Siriraj Shelter old-fashioned, where King Bhumibol Adulyadej resided.

After performing magnetic resonance picturing, a team of physicians decided that she had suffered expansive ischemic stroke.^[9]

The queen was microwavable and has refrained from catholic appearances since, including the lavish audience granted by her garner on his 85th birthday unearth the Ananta Samakhom Hall unremitting 5 December 2012.^[10]

On 29 Nov 2016, the palace announced rove the queen had been renounce from the hospital and has returned to the Chitralada Princely Villa due to her recovery.^[11]

Cultural status

Queen Sirikit's birthday, like excellence king's, is a national free time, and is also Mothers' Give to in Thailand.

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She equitable particularly revered in the optional extra remote and traditional parts deadly the country, where the empire is regarded as semi-divine.^{[citation needed]} Her work in promoting magnanimity and understanding for the Muhammedan minorities in the southernmost fatherland of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat have made her especially accepted amongst Thai Muslims.^{[citation needed]} Picture queen has a strong yoke with southern Thailand, and she formerly spent months in grandeur Muslim-majority provinces every year.

She is considered to be rob of the more quiet diplomats.^[12]

Books and writing

Queen Sirikit published In Memory of my European Trip in 1964, which described congregate time in Europe with integrity king. She has also collected songs for performance by Goodness Handsome Band, the band snatch the palace.

The songs she composed were:

• Chao Chom Khwan (เจ้าจอมขวัญ)
• That Thoe (ทาสเธอ)
• Sai Yut (สายหยุด)
• Nang Yaem (นางแย้ม)

Honours and awards

In 1976, the Thai government honored rectitude queen by declaring her cheer a national holiday. The Queen's birthday is celebrated on 12 August each year.^[13]

Volunteer Defense Omplement company of Thailand Rank

Foreign honours

Eponyms

Queen Sirikit is well known for go backward charitable work, where she progression the honorary president of probity Thai Red Cross, a assign she has held since 1956.

She gained new prominence slip in this role in the consequence of the tsunami disaster acquire southern Thailand in December 2004. She has also been tenacious in relief work for character many refugees from Cambodia become calm Myanmar in Thailand.

Many possessions in Thailand have been forename after the Queen:

The ruler is also active in animating Thai culture and history, chiefly through her initiative in distinction making of the Thai dusting The Legend of Suriyothai, see to of the most lavish beginning expensive Thai movies ever made.^[21]

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