Thailand Princess Bajrakitiyabha dies at 47 after three years in coma

12 Jun 2026, 12:38 by Abhilasha · KalingaTV

New-Delhi:Thailand’s Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol, the eldest daughter of King Maha Vajiralongkorn who had been in a coma for more than three years, died on Thursday. She was 47.

She died at a hospital in Bangkok, where she had been cared for since she fell unconscious, said a statement on Friday by the Bureau of the Royal Household.

Princess Bajrakitiyabha had been suffering from an abdominal infection caused by the inflammation of the colon, low blood pressure, arrhythmia, and blood-clotting disorders since May 21, according to a statement released by the Royal Household.

“The medical team provided the closest and most intensive care possible, but her condition continued to decline progressively,” the palace said in a statement.

With the death of Princess Bajrakitiyabha Narendira Debyavati, the Thai royal family now has lost its most visibly accomplished member and someone who might have played a pivotal role in the as yet unclear succession.

Bajrakitiyabha held a doctoral degree in law from Cornell University and was a qualified barrister in Thailand. She has worked briefly at the Thai mission to the United Nations in New York before returning to Thailand to work in the Attorney-General’s offices.

She from 2012 to 2014 served as Thailand’s ambassador to Austria, where she built a relationship with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime.

Additionally, she was a General in the Thai Royal Army and the Chief of Staff of the King’s Close Bodyguard Command.

Bajrakitiyabha was earlier hospitalised in December 2022 after she fell unconscious while training dogs for an army exhibition, the AP report noted.

The palace declared she had a mycoplasma infection in her heart.