Bangkok AP — Queen Mother Sirikit of Thailand passed away on Friday. She oversaw royal initiatives to aid the impoverished in rural areas, maintain traditional crafts, and save the environment. She was ninety-three. She passed away at a Bangkok hospital, according to the Royal Household Bureau. Despite the efforts of her medical staff, she continued to suffer from a blood infection that began on October 17.
Because of her deteriorating health, she has been mostly absent from public life in recent years. In October 2016, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, her spouse, passed away. The queen mother was getting long-term care at Chulalongkorn Hospital when her son, King Maha Vajiralongkorn, and other royals paid her a visit, according to pictures the palace released on her 88th birthday.
Sirikit was adored and powerful in her own right, despite being overshadowed by her late husband and her son. In Thailand, her photo was hung in residences, workplaces, and public areas, and her birthday, August 12, was observed as Mother’s Day. Her endeavors included assisting refugees from Cambodia and preventing the devastation of some of the nation’s formerly lush forests. Nonetheless, during Thailand’s final decades of political unrest, the queen’s role in society was examined more closely along with the monarchy’s.
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