Sirikit

Sirikit in 1960

Sirikit (Thai: สิริกิติ์code: th is deprecated ; Thai pronunciation: [sì.rì.kìt];  listen (info • help); born Mom Rajawongse Sirikit Kitiyakara Thai: สิริกิติ์ กิติยากรcode: th is deprecated , 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.

Sirikit Media

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  Sirikit and Bhumibol in Royal Marriage Ceremony

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  Queen Sirikit taking an oath of office at the Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall on 20 September 1956

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  A Thai national flag flying at half-mast on 26 October 2025 at a hospital in Si Samrong

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  Queen Sirikit and King Bhumibol with Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard in the Netherlands, 1960.

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  Queen Sirikit and King Bhumibol during the official visit to the United States, 1960.

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  Royal monogram of Queen Sirikit

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  Royal standard of Queen Sirikit, with her cypher on a light blue background (the color of the day of her birthday), often flown in August (near her birthday and Mothers' Day).

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