Sirikit
Sirikit (Thai: สิริกิติ์; Thai pronunciation: [sì.rì.kìt];
listen (info • help); born Mom Rajawongse Sirikit Kitiyakara (Thai: สิริกิติ์ กิติยากร; RTGS: Sirikit Kitiyakon) on 12 August 1932) is the queen mother of Thailand. She was the queen consort of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (or Rama IX) and is 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 Media
- Staatsbezoek Koning en Koningin van Thailand , Rijksmuseum, Bestanddeelnr 911-6964.jpg
Queen Sirikit in the Netherlands in 1960
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Queen Sirikit took an oath of office amongst the House of Representatives convened at the Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall on 20 September 1956 when she was appointed regent by her husband, King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
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Bhumibol and Sirikit, 1963
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Queen Sirikit and Vladimir Putin, 2007
- Royal Flag of Queen Sirikit.svg
Personal Standard of Queen Sirikit with her Royal Cypher, often flown in August (near her birthday and Mothers' Day).
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Royal Monogram of Queen Sirikit
- Royal Flag of Queen Sirikit.svg
Royal flag of Queen Sirikit
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