According to Thailand's "Bangkok Post" and other media reports, the Thai royal family announced that the Queen of Thailand's King Ligi died peacefully in a hospital in Bangkok on the evening of 24 local time, at the age of 93.

The Bangkok Post said that King Maha Vajiralongkorn of Thailand has issued instructions to arrange the funeral of Queen Mother Sirikit with the highest honor in accordance with royal tradition, and ordered that from the day of Queen Mother Sirikit's death, the Thai royal family and palace officials conduct a one-year mourning.

According to the BBC, Queen Ligi suffered a stroke in 2012 and has rarely appeared in public since then. In addition, Queen Ligi has been found to suffer from ¡°many diseases¡± since her hospitalization in 2019, including a blood infection this month.