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Bangkok: Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn has stripped his 34-year-old consort of all titles for “disloyalty” and apparent “ambition” to match the Queen’s position, a royal command issued late on Monday said, less than three months after she was bestowed with the honour.
Former royal bodyguard Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi -- known by her nickname “Koi” -- was gifted the title on the king’s 67th birthday on July 28, the first time in nearly a century a Thai monarch has taken a consort.
She was dismissed from the rank of Chao Khun Phra -- or noble consort -- for “disloyalty to the king” according to the command, as well as “acting against the appointment of the Queen (Suthida)... for her own ambitions”. (AFP)
Former royal bodyguard Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi -- known by her nickname “Koi” -- was gifted the title on the king’s 67th birthday on July 28, the first time in nearly a century a Thai monarch has taken a consort.
She was dismissed from the rank of Chao Khun Phra -- or noble consort -- for “disloyalty to the king” according to the command, as well as “acting against the appointment of the Queen (Suthida)... for her own ambitions”. (AFP)
