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).

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.

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.^{[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.^{[permanent dead link]}