Thailand’s crown prince has divorced his wife, in a dramatic fall from grace for a senior princess at a time of heightened anxiety over the health of the country’s revered but ailing monarch.
A statement published by the palace yesterday in the Royal Gazette said Princess Srirasmi had relinquished her royal status, a move that ends her 13-year marriage to Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn.
The rare public airing of palace intrigue comes after a string of the princess’ relatives were arrested in a high-profile corruption scandal that has sent shockwaves through Thailand’s elite.
“The king has granted permission to announce that Princess Srirasmi, the wife of Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, has informed in a written document that she has resigned from her royal status,” the palace said in a short statement, signalling an end to the marriage.
Analysts said the 62-year-old crown prince’s split from his wife will deepen fears for the monarchy’s future as Thailand’s 87-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej enters the twilight of his reign.
In May, Thailand’s military seized power after months of violent street protests saying it needed to do so to protect the monarchy and restore order to the politically divided nation.
The king – the world’s longest-serving monarch, who is revered by many Thais as a semi-divine figure – has been largely confined to hospital this year and pulled out of plans to hold a public audience earlier this month during his birthday celebrations.
Srirasmi married the crown prince in 2001 and had been expected to become queen. The couple have a nine-year-old son who was thought to be Prince Vajiralongkorn’s most likely heir.
“This announcement will add a greater sense of uncertainty and anxiety among Thais over the future of their monarchy – not just with the current generation, but with later generations too,” Pavin Chachavalpongpun, a Thai expert at Japan’s Kyoto University, said.
Thailand has been awash with rumours of Srirasmi’s fate for weeks after a slew of her relatives were caught up in a widening police corruption scandal.
Several high-profile figures have been arrested, including senior policemen and military officers, while one of Thailand’s richest men is on the run from police on charges relating to the probe.
But reportable facts on Srirasmi’s status were scant.
The Thai monarchy is protected by some of the world’s strictest lese majeste laws. Both local and international media must heavily self-censor when covering the country’s royal family.
Thai Rath and the Daily News, Thailand’s two largest newspapers, both ran pieces yesterday on Srirasmi giving up her royal status.
The Daily News said the couple’s divorce had been finalised and that the Crown Prince would keep custody of their son.
She will lose her title of princess but will be given the newtitle “Thanpuying”, the highest honour for a commoner, the paper added.
Social media has been buzzing for weeks over the arrest of Srirasmi’s relatives.
But the first official indication that the 43-year-old’s royal status was in doubt came earlier this month when the Crown Prince announced that members of her family had been forbidden from using the surname “Akkharapongpricha”.
At least three relatives with that surname were arrested in the corruption scandal, and the name represents an honorific title given to some of Srirasmi’s family following her marriage to the prince.
In recent days there were increasing signals Srirasmi was no longer part of the royal family. In an unusual break from tradition, there was no mention of her in the royal household news broadcasts on Dec 9, her birthday.
The next day she disappeared from the opening sequence of the nightly royal news broadcasts, which features portraits of all the kingdom’s senior royals.
The princess was last seen in public on Dec 6 when she presided over the ninth anniversary of her pet project, an organisation called “The Family Bond Project”.
The report on the Ministry of Education website says the project “aims to promote and strengthen love and learning between all family members”. — AFP
Thailand’s crown prince has divorced his wife, in a dramatic fall from grace for a senior princess at a time of heightened anxiety over the health of the country’s revered but ailing monarch.
A statement published by the palace yesterday in the Royal Gazette said Princess Srirasmi had relinquished her royal status, a move that ends her 13-year marriage to Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn.
The rare public airing of palace intrigue comes after a string of the princess’ relatives were arrested in a high-profile corruption scandal that has sent shockwaves through Thailand’s elite.
“The king has granted permission to announce that Princess Srirasmi, the wife of Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, has informed in a written document that she has resigned from her royal status,” the palace said in a short statement, signalling an end to the marriage.
Analysts said the 62-year-old crown prince’s split from his wife will deepen fears for the monarchy’s future as Thailand’s 87-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej enters the twilight of his reign.
In May, Thailand’s military seized power after months of violent street protests saying it needed to do so to protect the monarchy and restore order to the politically divided nation.
The king – the world’s longest-serving monarch, who is revered by many Thais as a semi-divine figure – has been largely confined to hospital this year and pulled out of plans to hold a public audience earlier this month during his birthday celebrations.
Srirasmi married the crown prince in 2001 and had been expected to become queen. The couple have a nine-year-old son who was thought to be Prince Vajiralongkorn’s most likely heir.
“This announcement will add a greater sense of uncertainty and anxiety among Thais over the future of their monarchy – not just with the current generation, but with later generations too,” Pavin Chachavalpongpun, a Thai expert at Japan’s Kyoto University, said.
Thailand has been awash with rumours of Srirasmi’s fate for weeks after a slew of her relatives were caught up in a widening police corruption scandal.
Several high-profile figures have been arrested, including senior policemen and military officers, while one of Thailand’s richest men is on the run from police on charges relating to the probe.
But reportable facts on Srirasmi’s status were scant.
The Thai monarchy is protected by some of the world’s strictest lese majeste laws. Both local and international media must heavily self-censor when covering the country’s royal family.
Thai Rath and the Daily News, Thailand’s two largest newspapers, both ran pieces yesterday on Srirasmi giving up her royal status.
The Daily News said the couple’s divorce had been finalised and that the Crown Prince would keep custody of their son.
She will lose her title of princess but will be given the newtitle “Thanpuying”, the highest honour for a commoner, the paper added.
Social media has been buzzing for weeks over the arrest of Srirasmi’s relatives.
But the first official indication that the 43-year-old’s royal status was in doubt came earlier this month when the Crown Prince announced that members of her family had been forbidden from using the surname “Akkharapongpricha”.
At least three relatives with that surname were arrested in the corruption scandal, and the name represents an honorific title given to some of Srirasmi’s family following her marriage to the prince.
In recent days there were increasing signals Srirasmi was no longer part of the royal family. In an unusual break from tradition, there was no mention of her in the royal household news broadcasts on Dec 9, her birthday.
The next day she disappeared from the opening sequence of the nightly royal news broadcasts, which features portraits of all the kingdom’s senior royals.
The princess was last seen in public on Dec 6 when she presided over the ninth anniversary of her pet project, an organisation called “The Family Bond Project”.
The report on the Ministry of Education website says the project “aims to promote and strengthen love and learning between all family members”. — AFP
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Thailand’s crown prince has divorced his wife, in a dramatic fall from grace for a senior princess at a time of heightened anxiety over the health of the country’s revered but ailing monarch.
A statement published by the palace yesterday in the Royal Gazette said Princess Srirasmi had relinquished her royal status, a move that ends her 13-year marriage to Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn.
The rare public airing of palace intrigue comes after a string of the princess’ relatives were arrested in a high-profile corruption scandal that has sent shockwaves through Thailand’s elite.
“The king has granted permission to announce that Princess Srirasmi, the wife of Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, has informed in a written document that she has resigned from her royal status,” the palace said in a short statement, signalling an end to the marriage.
Analysts said the 62-year-old crown prince’s split from his wife will deepen fears for the monarchy’s future as Thailand’s 87-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej enters the twilight of his reign.
In May,ทหารไทยยึดอำนาจ หลังจากเดือนของความรุนแรงถนนประท้วงว่ามันต้องทำเพื่อปกป้องสถาบันพระมหากษัตริย์และเรียกคืนการทางการเมืองแบ่งประเทศ
กษัตริย์–โลกที่ยาวที่สุด รับใช้พระมหากษัตริย์ที่เป็นที่เคารพโดยมากคนไทยเป็นกึ่งเทพรูป–ได้รับไปคับไปโรงพยาบาลในปีนี้และดึงออกแผนจับผู้ชมสาธารณะเดือนก่อนหน้านี้ในช่วงการเฉลิมฉลองวันเกิด
โอกาสแต่งงานองค์รัชทายาทในปี 2001 และถูกคาดว่าจะกลายเป็นราชินี คู่มี ลูกชายอายุ 9 ขวบที่ถูกคิดว่าเป็นองค์ชายซีก็น่าจะเป็นทายาท .
“This announcement will add a greater sense of uncertainty and anxiety among Thais over the future of their monarchy – not just with the current generation, but with later generations too,” Pavin Chachavalpongpun, a Thai expert at Japan’s Kyoto University, said.
ประเทศไทยได้รับการจมอยู่ใต้น้ำกับข่าวลือของโชคชะตาโอกาสสำหรับสัปดาห์หลังจากการฆ่าของญาติของเธอถูกจับในเรื่องอื้อฉาวการทุจริตการขยับขยายตำรวจ
หลายสูงโปรไฟล์ซึ่งถูกจับ รวมทั้งเจ้าหน้าที่อาวุโสและเจ้าหน้าที่ทหาร ในขณะที่คนร่ำรวยที่สุดของไทยที่กำลังหลบหนีจากตำรวจในข้อหาที่เกี่ยวข้องกับการสอบสวน
แต่ข้อเท็จจริงรายงานเกี่ยวกับสถานะของพระเจ้าวรวงศ์เธอ พระองค์เจ้าศรีรัศมิ์ พระวรชายาฯหน้า
สถาบันพระมหากษัตริย์ไทยได้รับการคุ้มครองจากบางส่วนของโลกที่เข้มงวดที่สุด หมิ่นฯ กฎหมาย . นานาชาติและท้องถิ่น สื่อจะต้องหนักตนเองครอบคลุมเซ็นเซอร์เมื่อราชวงศ์ของประเทศ
ไทยรัฐและเดลินิวส์ ประเทศไทยเป็นสองที่ใหญ่ที่สุดหนังสือพิมพ์ ทั้งวิ่งชิ้นเมื่อวานนี้ พระเจ้าวรวงศ์เธอ พระองค์เจ้าศรีรัศมิ์ พระวรชายาฯให้ขึ้นตำแหน่งเธอ
ข่าวกล่าวว่า การหย่าร้างของคู่ที่ได้รับการสรุป และที่องค์รัชทายาทจะให้ความดูแลของลูกชาย
เธอจะสูญเสียเธอชื่อเจ้าหญิง แต่จะได้รับ newtitle " thanpuying " เกียรติสูงสุดสำหรับสามัญชน กระดาษเพิ่ม
สื่อสังคมได้รับการส่งข่าวสำหรับสัปดาห์กว่าการจับกุมของพระเจ้าวรวงศ์เธอ พระองค์เจ้าศรีรัศมิ์ พระวรชายาฯเป็นญาติ .
แต่ครั้งแรกอย่างเป็นทางการบ่งชี้ว่า 43 ปีของราชวงศ์สถานะเคยสงสัยมาก่อนหน้านี้ในเดือนนี้ เมื่อองค์รัชทายาทได้ประกาศว่า สมาชิกของครอบครัวของเธอได้ถูกห้ามจากการใช้นามสกุล " akkharapongpricha " .
อย่างน้อยสามญาติที่มีนามสกุลถูกจับในการทุจริตอื้อฉาว and the name represents an honorific title given to some of Srirasmi’s family following her marriage to the prince.
In recent days there were increasing signals Srirasmi was no longer part of the royal family. In an unusual break from tradition, there was no mention of her in the royal household news broadcasts on Dec 9, her birthday.
The next day she disappeared from the opening sequence of the nightly royal news broadcasts, which features portraits of all the kingdom’s senior royals.
The princess was last seen in public on Dec 6 when she presided over the ninth anniversary of her pet project, an organisation called “The Family Bond Project”.
The report on the Ministry of Education website says the project “aims to promote and strengthen love and learning between all family members”. — AFP
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