Queen Suthida - Thai Consort Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi - Archery race?

Before taking the throne, King Vajiralongkorn used to spend most of his time with Queen Suthida in Germany, where he owned a mansion worth more than $12 million on the shores of Lake Starnberg, in Munich. In addition to capturing the King's heart, many sources say that the Queen is very popular with the staff in the palace.

Less than 3 months after Ms. Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi was ordained as "Chao Khun Phra" (Royal Consort) of Thailand after nearly a century, the international media and public opinion was once again stunned when she was surprised. was deposed on October 21. The reason given by the Thai Royal Family was that the Royal Consort had committed the crime of "disloyalty to the king" as well as acts "against the orders of Queen Suthida because of personal ambition".

Soon after, a lot of information on the sidelines also spread that Ms. Sineenat's "disgrace" was due to the fact that the new Imperial concubine was not as popular with factions and staff in the palace as Queen Suthida, which led to the end. hers at the present time. Many opinions also put the two women behind King Rama X on the scale and look back on the journey to enter the royal family of Mrs. Phi and Mrs. Hau, from the similar starting point to the "war in the inner palace" for the royal victory. patronage of the emperor.

Queen Suthida Tidjai

On May 1 of this year, just 3 days before the official coronation of King Vajiralongkorn, the king's wedding ceremony with female General Suthida Tidjai took place at Dusit Palace in Bangkok and soon after that she was ordained. Somdej Phra Rajini (Empress).

There have been many rumors about Suthida and King Vajiralongkorn's romantic relationship since he was Crown Prince. Since the Crown Prince divorced his third wife Srirasmi Suwadee in December 2014, many pictures have shown that she often appears next to the Crown Prince but is not merely a Royal bodyguard. However, it was not until the beginning of this year that their relationship was officially made public.

Queen Suthida Tidjai was born on June 3, 1978. According to some sources, she used to be a flight attendant for Thai Airways. In 2010, Ms. Suthida joined the army and 4 years later was appointed to the position of leader of King Vajiralongkorn's bodyguard with the rank of Major General.

Before taking the throne, King Vajiralongkorn used to spend most of his time with Queen Suthida in Germany, where he owned a mansion worth more than $12 million on the shores of Lake Starnberg, in Munich. In addition to capturing the King's heart, many sources say that the Queen is very popular with the staff in the palace. She was also seen happy and friendly with the King's stepchildren, especially the little prince Dipangkorn Rasmijoti, who was deeply loved by his father when he had to live away from his mother since childhood after she gave up her position. , leaving the palace. On the occasion of Mother's Day, when visiting former Queen Sirikit, her mother-in-law's emotional embrace also showed that the new Queen was very popular with her husband's family.

The mysterious absence of Thai Queen Suthida in public events in recent times has raised many concerns, especially when there is some unverified information about the possibility that Hoang Quy Phi could be was ordained as Second Empress, the South China Morning Post (SCMP - Hong Kong) reported.

It is known that information about the Thai royal family is quite limited because the law of this country stipulates a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison for actions "when the military blasphemies". As a result, most Thais have to rely on nightly television royal news broadcasts to keep up with royal news. And one thing that has received special attention from Thai public recently is the mysterious absence of Queen Suthida since the end of December 2020.

Some speculations that Queen Suthida may suffer the same fate as the three ex-wives of King Maha Vajiralongkorn have appeared, while the palace side has not denied these rumors. Coincidentally, while Queen Suthida was mysteriously absent, Consort Sineenat appeared more and more in public.

The last time Queen Suthida appeared in a public event was on December 28, 2020, when the King and she co-chaired an event in memory of the late King Taksin in Bangkok. The event took place just a few days after King Vajiralongkorn returned from a visit to the provinces with his Royal Highness Consort Sineenat.

After the king returned from Germany last October, Queen Suthida appeared with him at most official events in the capital Bangkok and royal trips between protests.

What surprised the public, though, was the trip of the king and his consort, because no Thai king had ever publicly announced his consort Hoang Quy so often. Even those who originally supported the king and the royal family condemned this.

Princess Sineenat Wong Vajira Pakdi

After 3 short months, now Ms. Sineenat is no longer called with the title of Royal Highness of the Royal Thai Royal Family. Her beautiful everyday pictures, moments of emotional holding hands with the King or even her resume were removed from the Royal website without a trace. After being stripped of all titles, the queen was known to be a criminal of "disloyalty to the king, against the queen".

In the allegation made by the Royal Gazette of Thailand on October 21, Ms. Sineenat tried to prevent Ms. Sutida's motherhood. Not only expressing her opposition and seeking to apply pressure, Sineenat Wong Vajira Pakdi also did whatever she could to get herself into the position of Empress. The king gave her the title of Royal Consort in July to ease the pressure, but after observing Sineenat's behavior for a while, he discovered that she was not grateful and had not lived. treated properly with his noble title, he decided to carry out the punishment.

Previously, Ms. Sineenat Wong Vajira Pakdi once caused a stir when she was the first royal consort of Thailand after nearly 100 years (Later Thai monarchs were monogamous, so the traditional identity concubine concubine also ceased). She was born on January 28, 1985, was granted the title by the King on July 28 of this year, less than 3 months before his 67th birthday and the coronation ceremony also took place only 2 months after the King got married. with Queen Suthida.

In 2008, she studied and graduated from the Royal Thai Army Nurses Academy, worked as a nurse until 2012 and then worked for the Royal Palace and was recruited into the office of Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn.

In 2015, Ms. Sineenat joined the crown prince's bodyguard and was promoted to colonel, then quickly promoted. She was promoted to the rank of major general in May 2019 when King Maha Vajiralongkorn ascended the throne, then was ordained a royal consort in the same year. Besides, Hoang Quy Phi is also a qualified pilot who has been trained in the Thai Air Force.

The similarities between Mrs. Sineenat and Queen Suthida can be easily seen as she also came from the aviation industry and underwent training to become a member of the Royal Guard. Because of the similar starting point, the desired destination of the two women is the official position of the monarch of the Golden Temple. But at the end of this "deep civil war" in real life, Princess Sineenat won the losing part.

In addition to being unpopular with the staff in the palace, Hoang Quy Phi is also said to have no connection with the members of the Thai royal family when she is absent from family gatherings or has to sit quietly in the back. members or attend the event alone. On the other hand, Andrew MacGregor Marshall, a former Reuters reporter, also assessed that Sineenat's mistake this time was partly due to "thought she could control the King of Thailand. The women were close to the king. All of them make the same mistake that leads to their lives being ruined."

But by August 2020, she was dismissed from all previous charges and reinstated. In a notice released in early September 2020, the Thai Royal Family said that Ms. Sineenat "did not do anything wrong", so the title of royal noble concubine and all her titles in the Thai Royal Family still remain. unchanged.

During Mrs. Suthida's absence, Ms. Sineenat took on some of the roles and duties that were originally the queen's in public events. This month, Ms. Sineenat was appointed as deputy consultant for a royally funded prison project - Ms. Suthida had previously served as a co-consultant with the king on this project when the King was involved. The concubine was stripped of her position.

Meanwhile, according to a recent update in the royal gazette, Queen Suthida's name was not mentioned in the project. Instead, the Official Gazette published pictures showing the king and consort Hoang Quy taking part in an agricultural project in the prison.

Andrew MacGregor Marshall, a Scottish journalist, quoted several sources as saying that King Vajiralongkorn had planned to make Sineenat "second queen" on her birthday, but this plan has not yet been announced. materialized by the king's sister, Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, and the king's daughters against them.

However, "sources say the plan is still likely to be implemented later this year as the king appears to have made up his mind," Marshall said.