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Tears and tributes as crowds gather to mourn death of Thailand’s Princess Bha

The Guardian UK Friday 12 June 2026, 09:27 UTC By Natasha May in Bangkok 1 min read
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Beloved royal, said to have embodied ‘everything good in Thailand’, died in hospital after nearly four years in comaAt King Chulalongkorn Memorial hospital in Bangkok, mourners dressed in black sat side by side, their eyes pink from crying for the woman whose portraits they cradled in their laps. Some images were framed in gold, others in plastic sleeves, charting the life of Thailand’s Princess Bajrakitiyabha from a rosy-cheeked baby to a young royal in red military dress replete with...

Beloved royal, said to have embodied ‘everything good in Thailand’, died in hospital after nearly four years in coma

At King Chulalongkorn Memorial hospital in Bangkok, mourners dressed in black sat side by side, their eyes pink from crying for the woman whose portraits they cradled in their laps.

Some images were framed in gold, others in plastic sleeves, charting the life of Thailand’s Princess Bajrakitiyabha from a rosy-cheeked baby to a young royal in red military dress replete with shining badges and ceremonial sword. Later photos showed her posing with one of the dogs she was out training in 2022 when she became gravely ill with heart problems.

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