Overview
- The palace said Princess Bajrakitiyabha died “peacefully” on Thursday, June 11, after collapsing in December 2022 and spending more than three years in a coma.
- Doctors and palace statements described a sequence of medical setbacks including a Mycoplasma-related heart rhythm problem, repeated organ infections, low blood pressure, and reliance on machines for lung and kidney support.
- King Maha Vajiralongkorn ordered her body moved to the Grand Palace for public viewing and the highest royal funeral honors while the government declared national mourning measures such as flags at half-mast and officials wearing black.
- Thousands of Thais lined the procession route and attended rituals at the hospital and palace to pay respects to a widely admired jurist, former diplomat and prison-reform advocate.
- Her death removes a widely discussed possible successor and intensifies uncertainty about who will inherit the throne because the king has not formally named an heir and Thai succession traditionally favors male descendants.