Thailand’s Queen Mother Sirikit dies at 93 after more than a decade out of the public eye

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Thailand's Queen Mother Sirikit, who brought glamour to a postwar revival in the country's monarchy and who, in later years, would occasionally wade into politics, has died aged 93, the Thai Royal Household bureau has announced.

The palace said she had been hospitalised since 2019 due to several illnesses and developed a bloodstream infection on 17bOctober before passing away late on Friday.