Sirikit

Sirikit (Thai: สิริกิติ์; Thai pronunciation: [sì.rì.kìt]; listen^ⓘ; born Mom Rajawongse Sirikit Kitiyakara Thai: สิริกิติ์ กิติยากร, RTGS: Sirikit Kitiyakon; 12 August 1932 – 24 October 2025) was the queen mother of Thailand. She was the queen consort of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (or Rama IX) and was the mother of King Vajiralongkorn (or Rama X).^[1]

King Bhumibol Adulyadej met Sirikit in the 1940s. They married in 1950, shortly before Bhumibol's coronation. Sirikit was appointed queen regent in 1956.

Sirikit died on 24 October 2025 at a hospital in Bangkok from problems caused by sepsis, aged 93.^[2]

References

↑ Morris, Kylie (16 November 2004), "Thai Queen's plea to end violence", News, UK: BBC, retrieved 7 July 2008.
↑ "สมเด็จพระนางเจ้าสิริกิติ์ พระบรมราชินีนาถ พระบรมราชชนนีพันปีหลวง สวรรคต" (PDF). Retrieved 25 October 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)^{[permanent dead link]}

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[1] Morris, Kylie (16 November 2004), "Thai Queen's plea to end violence", News, UK: BBC, retrieved 7 July 2008.

[2] "สมเด็จพระนางเจ้าสิริกิติ์ พระบรมราชินีนาถ พระบรมราชชนนีพันปีหลวง สวรรคต" (PDF). Retrieved 25 October 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)^{[permanent dead link]}

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