Queen sirikit bodyguard
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Meeting King Bhumibol Adulyadej in France while staying at the Thai Royal Embassy as students, Sirikit accompanied the King to visit various tourist attractions and soon fell in love. The couple were engaged in 1949 and married a year later, a week before his coronation.
Queen Sirikit by the outer throne in the Grand Palace, Bangkok, ThailandReginald Davis / Shutterstock
Serving as Queen Regent when the King embarked on the traditional period as a Buddhist Monk, Sirikit performed her duties so well that she was officially named Regent of Thailand. She also holds a host of other incredible accomplishments, receiving coveted awards like the Humanitarian Award from the Asia Society, the Award of Excellence from the United Nations and the Lindbergh Award. Her long term contributions to fashion have never gone unnoticed either, she made the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1960, oversaw the creation of the eight traditional outfits for official royal functions and founded the Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles in 2003.
Queen Sirikit Of Siam (thailand) With King Bhumi
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The Ramakien tells the story of Rama, the reincarnation of Vishnu, after he is banished by his stepmother to spend 14 years in exile. While in exile, Rama’s wife Sita is abducted by the 10-faced demon king Ravana (or Thotsakan) and taken to his city of Lanka. To rescue his wife, Rama and his brother Lakshman team up with monkey warriors for a great battle.
According to the study “The Khon Performance Of The Support Foundation Of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit: A Process Of Creation, Conservation and Model Development” by independent researcher Nakarin Namjaidee, the popularity of khon drastically dwindled after the 1932 Siamese Revolution. Changes made to the costumes and storylines diluted its charm, turning more and more people off.
Queen Sirikit realised the importance of preserving khon and regularly staged performances for royal guests in Thailand and for her hosts when she travelled abroad. However, she noticed that several elements of the show were not up to standard. When HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn pointed out that khon had lost its popularity, Queen Si
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Sirikit
Queen of Thailand from 1950 to 2016
Sirikit[a][1] (born Mom RajawongseSirikit Kitiyakara[b]; 12 August 1932) is a member of the Thai royal family who was Queen of Thailand from 28 April 1950 to 13 October 2016 as the wife of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX). She is the mother of King Vajiralongkorn (Rama X).
She met Bhumibol in Paris, where her father was Thai ambassador. They married in 1950, shortly before Bhumibol's coronation. Sirikit was appointed queen regent in 1956, when the king entered the Buddhist monkhood for a period of time. Sirikit has four children with the king. Consort of the monarch who was, at the time the world's longest-reigning head of state, she was also the world's longest-serving queen consort. Sirikit suffered a stroke in 2012 and has since refrained from public appearances.
Early life and family
Sirikit was born on 12 August 1932, at the home of Lord Vongsanuprabhand, her maternal grandfather. She is the eldest daughter and the third child of Prince Nakkhatra Mangkala Kitiyakara, the son of P
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