12/10/2007

Elder sister of Thai King



Thailand's Princess Galyani Vadhana, elder sister of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, she died on January. She dies at 84 year old. She had been hospitalized since June, after doctors found she had abdominal cancer. She stay in the hospital for three weeks in October. Both were tended to at Bangkok's Siriraj Hospital. When she stay in the hospital all of Thai people placed garlands outside the hospital, while crowds gathered later in the day at the Grand Palace to pay respects.

They wearing black, were gathering at the hospital where the Princess died. The palace announced a 100-day mourning period for royal officials and government offices lowered their flags to half-staff, while civil servants were asked to wear black for 15 days. I and my family wear black,too. Thai television channels interrupted scheduled programmes and were showing footage from the Princess' life of cultural and charitable work. Her death has also put on hold the formation of Thailand’s post-coup government. Political parties indefinitely postponed all
talks on forming a ruling coalition after the fragile outcome of the December 23, 2007 parliament election. The funeral would be performed at Bangkok's glittering Grand Palace.

She had graduated with a bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of Lausanne.
She interest in the arts, especially theater and classical music, a taste cultivated when — like the king — she was educated in Switzerland, where she spent much time until later life. , she was prompting an outpouring of public mourning and a temporary halt to the country's tumultuous political activity. She also took up an intensive schedule of charity work, which is a mainstay of royal responsibility. She was a patron of at least five health-related foundations.

She was the oldest child of Prince Mahidol — a son of King Chulalongkorn — and his commoner wife, Sangwal. All three of their children were born abroad, where Prince Mahidol traveled and studied medicine. Galyani was born in London on May 6, 1923. She married Col. Aram Ratanakul Serireungriddhi, a royal aide but a commoner, in 1944, which meant she had to give up the royal title she was awarded in 1935. The couple had a daughter but divorced in 1949. The royal title was restored by Bhumibol in 1950, after the divorce. And married again in 1969 to Prince Varananda Davaj, a professional pilot, who died in 1990.

My family tell me about her activity. She doing well about"good daughter". I know they need to tell about that. I don't know about that, but i know"I LOVE THEM".

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