King's Eldest Daughter Passes Away at 47 After Prolonged Illness

The king’s eldest daughter 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”, the Bureau of the Royal Household said in a statement, until she “passed away peacefully” on Thursday evening. She would lie in state at the Grand Palace in Bangkok and her funeral would be held “with the highest honours according to royal tradition”, it added. The Bureau of the Royal Household said in May that her health condition had deteriorated and she was relying on medical devices to support her lung and kidney functions, as well as medication.