BANGKOK: Thai Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol, the king´s eldest daughter, has died aged 47, the royal palace announced on Friday, more than three years after she was hospitalised following a sudden illness.
She was suffering from an abdominal infection and “her condition continued to worsen” until she “passed away peacefully” on Thursday evening, the Bureau of the Royal Household said in a statement.
The late princess will lie in state at the Grand Palace in Bangkok and her funeral will be held “with the highest honours according to royal tradition”, it said.
Known in Thailand as “Princess Bha”, the only child from King Maha Vajiralongkorn´s first marriage had been in hospital since falling ill suddenly in December 2022.
