October 25, 2025
Thailand’s Queen Mother Sirikit, symbol of post-war royal grace, dies aged 93
Thai PM Anutin Charnvirakul cancels ASEAN and APEC trips after Queen Mother’s death Thailand’s Queen Mother Sirikit, who brought glamor and elegance to the country’s post-war revival of the monarchy and who, in later years, would occasionally dabble in politics, has died at the age of 93, Thailand’s Royal Household Bureau said on Saturday. Sirikit has been out of the limelight since suffering a stroke in 2012. The palace said he had been hospitalized since 2019 due to several illnesses and developed a blood infection on October 17 before dying late on Friday. A year of mourning has been declared



