Overview
- The Royal Household Bureau said she died peacefully in a Bangkok hospital on Friday.
- Her body lies in state at the Dusit Throne Hall inside Bangkok’s Grand Palace.
- The king directed the Royal Household to organize a royal funeral, and the royal family and household will observe a year of mourning.
- Officials said she had been in hospital since 2019 with several illnesses, including a blood infection this month.
- She was the mother of the current monarch and was widely regarded as the world’s longest-serving queen consort, noted for reviving Thai silk and collaborating with designer Pierre Balmain.