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Queen Sirikit of Thailand (born Momrajawongse Sirikit Kitiyakara on August 12, 1932), is the wife as well as the Queen consort of Bhumibol Adulyadej, King (Rama IX) of Thailand. She is the second Queen Regent of Thailand (the first Queen Regent was Queen Saovabha Bongsri of Siam, later Queen Sri Patcharindra, the Queen Mother). As the consort of the king who currently is the world's longest reigning head of state, she is also the world's longest reigning consort of a monarch.
n Sirikit was born on August 12 1932, at the home of Lord Vongsanuprabhand, her maternal grandfather.
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Queen Sirikit of Thailand (born Momrajawongse Sirikit Kitiyakara on August 12, 1932), is the wife as well as the Queen consort of Bhumibol Adulyadej, King (Rama IX) of Thailand. She is the second Queen Regent of Thailand (the first Queen Regent was Queen Saovabha Bongsri of Siam, later Queen Sri Patcharindra, the Queen Mother). As the consort of the king who currently is the world's longest reigning head of state, she is also the world's longest reigning consort of a monarch.
Early Life
Queen Sirikit was born on August 12 1932, at the home of Lord Vongsanuprabhand, her maternal grandfather. She is the eldest daughter and the third child of Mom Chao Nakkhatra Mangkala Kitiyakara, the son of Prince Kitiyakara Voraluksana, Prince of Chunthaburi and Mom Luang Bua Sanitvongse. Her name was given by King Prajadhipok. Her name means the Greatness of Kitiyakara.
She has 3 siblings; 2 elder brothers and a younger sister:
- Prof. Dr. Mom Rajawongse Galyanakit Kitiyakara (born September 20 1929, died May 15 1987)
- Mom Rajawongse Adulyakit Kitiyakara (born November 2 1930, died May 5 2004)
- Mom Rajawongse Busba Kitiyakara (bornAugust 2 1934)
When Sirikit was born, her mother gave her to her maternal grandparents who raised her for a year. Her father went to United States to work as the Secretary of the Siamese Royal Embassy at Washington D.C., while her mother accompanied her husband three months later after she gave birth to Sirikit. As a child, Sirikit often went outdoors with her paternal grandmother. Once in 1933, she traveled with Mom Chao Absornsamarn Dhevakul following King Prajadhipok’s tour in Songkla.
One year later, her parents returned to Thailand. Sirikit lived together with her family in Dheves Palace, near Chao Phraya River, Bangkok.
Education
At age 4, Sirikit attended the Kindergarten College at Rajini School (sometimes name as the Queen’s college). She studied until her first year at the primary level. During that time was the Pacific War, and Bangkok was attacked many times, thus causing unsafe transportation. She then moved to Saint Francis Xavier Convent School, because it was near the palace. She studied at that school from the her second year at the primary level to the secondary level.
In 1946, when the war ended, her father moved to the United Kingdom to worked as the Ambassador at St. James’s, taking his family with him. At that time, Sirikit was 13 and had graduated the secondary level. While staying in England, she learned to play the piano and learned English and French. She and her family moved to various countries including Denmark and France. While staying in France, she studied at a music academy in Paris.
In France, she met King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who at that time has ascended to the throne already and had been studying at Switzerland. Sirikit welcomed the King by accompanying him to various tourist attractions. Both the King and Sirikit happened to be staying at the Thai Royal Embassy in Paris, as well as a few other students. Both the King and Sirikit found common grounds on their likes and dislikes and thus began a relationship.
Marriage
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