Overview
- The Bureau of the Royal Household said Princess Bajrakitiyabha died at 19:48 on Thursday, June 11, at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital in Bangkok after a long illness and prolonged coma.
- She collapsed in December 2022 and remained in a coma while her condition worsened with an intra‑abdominal infection, colitis, unstable blood pressure, arrhythmias and blood clotting abnormalities.
- The king has commanded royal funeral rites with the highest honours and ordered her body to be enshrined at Piman Rattaya Throne Hall in the Grand Palace.
- Princess Bajrakitiyabha was a Cornell‑trained lawyer, former ambassador to Austria, a UNODC goodwill ambassador and a campaigner for prison and women’s justice reforms who held the rank of general in the Royal Security Command.
- Her death removes a widely seen potential successor and focuses attention on succession choices that remain unresolved under palace law and strict lese‑majesté limits on public debate, with observers watching for any formal designation or Privy Council action.