Thailand's former queen Sirikit dies aged 93

The mother of King Vajiralongkorn passed away "peacefully" on Friday night, according to the Thai Royal Household.

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She passed away "peacefully" in a Bangkok hospital at 21:21 local time (14:21 GMT) on Friday, according to the Thai Royal Household Bureau.

Sirikit had "suffered several illnesses" while in hospital since 2019, including a blood infection this month, it added.

For more than six decades, Queen Sirikit was married to Thailand's longest-reigning monarch, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died in 2016. In their globe-trotting heyday, she was seen as a style icon.

King Vajiralongkorn has ordered that the Thai Royal Household Bureau organise a royal funeral, the statement added.