In the early morning of October 25, local time, the Thai royal family's interior ministry issued an announcement that the wife of the king died at the age of 93.
It is that Poorrygi died in a hospital in Bangkok. Since the 17th of this month, she has suffered from blood infections, and despite the medical team's best efforts, her condition has not improved, and eventually died more than 9 a.m. on the night of the 24th. In recent years, because of the worsening health situation, Poorrygi has largely disappeared from the public.
Thai King Rama X, Mahatma Waqir Lahong, has ordered that the funeral process for the mother be arranged in accordance with the highest standards of royal ceremonies, and from the date of death, the royal mourning period has entered the country for one year.
According to Thai royal tradition, this funeral will be treated with the highest courtesy. It is expected that the coffin will be set up in the palace in the Mahabri Halamale Palace. Members of the royal family, government officials, and envoys from various countries will pay their respects in turn. The public can also visit and lay flowers at designated locations.
Sirikit Gidiakkara was born into a wealthy aristocratic family in Bangkok. Her parents were both related to successive kings of the Chakri Dynasty at the time. When she was in her 10s, she moved to France with her father, a diplomat, and then met Thailand's newly crowned King Bhumibol in Paris when she was 16 years old.
After Pompeo escaped from a car accident, the friendship of the two began to warm up, and Peter was learning music and language poetry, followed by Pompeo to Switzerland to help take care of him. The king used poetry to love her and created a circular dance song called I Dream You. The two eventually married in 1950, and then gave birth to four children, with only Mahah a son.
Although Sirikit does not participate in royal decision-making, most of the time she is the "person behind" of her late husband, King Rama IX Bhumibol and his son, but she is deeply loved in Thailand and her influence is extraordinary. Her portraits hang in homes, offices and public spaces throughout Thailand, while her birthday (August 12) is designated as Mother's Day in Thailand.
However, in the political turmoil of the past few decades in Thailand, as the role of monarchy in society is increasingly examined, Poe Rigi’s role in it is equally popular. Rumors about her involvement in court conspiracies, life luxury have increased, but her reputation in rural Thailand has not diminished, and this has a great deal to do with Poe Rigi and her husband, helping rural poor people, protecting traditional crafts and protecting the environment.
It is worth noting that although Sirikit faded out of public view after her husband died in 2016, she still has a certain right to speak in the royal family. "Although she does not interfere in politics, her existence itself has balanced significance."
And now she has died, it also marks the Thai royal family from the "Pumpo era warmth symbol" officially step into the "Mah era power concentration" stage. The most obvious change in the Thai royal family may be that the royal core will be entirely controlled by Rama Xth; the princess and Princess Chulapoon "sister generation" or gradually out of public affairs; the prince may be exposed to this, paving the way for the base.
This change also adds to some worrying, after all, quite arbitrary Mahas, who could do more absurd things without anyone else's restriction, such as setting up a princess, or having two queens at the same time. It is said that he had previously had the idea of sealing Sutida and Senyina as queens at the same time, but was strongly dissuaded by fellow princesses such as Poelin, and after the death of his mother, he might be unhappy.