Pattaya Mail joins the people
of Thailand to humbly wish Her Royal Highness Princess Soamsawalee a very
Happy Birthday Saturday, July 13. (Photo courtesy of the Bureau of the Royal
Household)
HRH Princess Soamsawalee of Thailand was born on July 13,
1957 at Guy’s Hospital in London, United Kingdom. She is the eldest child of
Mom Rajawongse Adulyakit Kitiyakara (her father was an elder brother of
Queen Sirikit of Thailand) and Thanpuying Bandhu Savali Kitiyakara (Princess
Bandhu Savali Yugala). She also has one younger sister, Mom Luang Sarali
Kitiyakara, born April 8, 1966.
HRH Soamsawalee is a member of Thai Royal Family, and is the former wife of
Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn. She was titled “the Princess Mother of the
King’s First Grandchild” in 1991.
Her father was the second child of Prince Nakkhatra Mangkala Kitiyakara, the
Prince of Chantaburi II and Mom Luang Bua Sanidvongs. Her mother was
daughter of Prince Bhanubandhu Yugala and Mom Luang Soiraya Sanidvongs.
Royal cipher of Princess
Soamsawalee.
She first attended the primary level at Chitralada
School, then moved to Chiang Mai with her father when he was a judge at the
Chiang Mai Court. She moved to study at Regina Coeli College, the all-girls
academy in Chiang Mai in 1967.
Princess Soamsawalee has been performing many functions on behalf of the
Royal household. She has shown keen interests in public health and social
welfare. The following Thai Red Cross Society programs are officially under
her patronage: The “Reducing AIDS Infection from Mother to New-Born Baby”
Program; Medical Funding for AIDS patients; Funding for Reducing AIDS
infection from Mother to the New-Born Baby; Milk funds for infants under the
“Reduce AIDS effects from Mother to the New-Born Baby” Program; The
Foundation of Professor Dr. Mom Rajawongse Galyanakit Kitiyakara; The
Program of Life Giving to the Parents of AIDS-infected Babies; Funds for
Cancer Treatment in Children; and the Princess Pa Foundation, created by HRH
Princess Soamsawalee after major floods in 1995. The foundation was begun to
help close the gap between natural disaster victims’ needs and support from
existing charity organizations, and continually works to aid flooding
victims.
HRH Princess Soamsawalee
graciously helps an elderly patient.
Her titles since her birth to present:
* The Honorable Soamsawalee Kitiyakara: July 13, 1957 - January 3, 1977
* Her Royal Highness Princess Soamsawalee, Consort of the Crown Prince:
January 3, 1977 - 12 August 12, 1991
* Her Royal Highness Princess Soamsawalee: August 12, 1991 - present
Among her activities this past year, HRH Soamsawalee opened the third Royal
Exhibition Honoring HM the King, an exhibition allowing contemporary artists
a chance to compete for prizes while raising money for royal charities. The
princess was the first to tour the gallery of 400 paintings and drawings at
Central Festival Pattaya Beach Jan. 30, 2013, most of which depicted HM the
King on his missions around the country.
HRH Princess Soamsawalee cuts
the ribbon to open a cervical cancer protection exhibition at Central
Festival Pattaya Beach.
In February 2013, HRH Soamsawalee once again supported
the Yamaha Pattaya Young Talent competition, giving youngsters and teens
chances to win cash prizes, music lessons and notoriety. The winner of each
contest will receive HRH Princess Soamsawalee Cup with cash prize.
HRH Princess Soamsawalee, through her office, also is very active in relief
efforts throughout Thailand, and, in October 2012, HRH Soamsawalee’s
Princess Pa Foundation sent 7,000 bags of emergency relief supplies to aid
flood victims in Suphanburi and Northern Thailand.
