The Pattaya Mail team joins the
Kingdom of Thailand in humbly offering our best wishes to HRH Crown Prince Maha
Vajiralongkorn on the occasion of His 52nd Royal Birthday Celebration, July 28,
2004. (Photo: Courtesy, Bureau of the Royal Household)
His Royal Highness Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn was born
on July 28, 1952, in the Ambara Villa of the Royal Dusit Palace in Bangkok. He
is the second of four children, and is the only son of Their Majesties King
Bhumibol Adulyadej the Great and Queen Sirikit.
Pattaya
Mail joins the Kingdom of Thailand in humbly offering our best wishes to
HRH Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn on the occasion of His 52nd Royal
Birthday Celebration, July 28, 2004.
The Crown Prince received His primary schooling at Udorn Hall
of the Dusit Palace and attended secondary school in Sussex and Summerset,
England. In August 1970, the Crown Prince attended the King’s School,
Paramatta, Sydney, Australia and in 1976, He received a Bachelor of Arts Degree
in Military Studies at the University of New South Wales. The Crown Prince also
attended the Royal Thai Army Command and General Staff College, graduating in
1978, and later received a Bachelor of Laws Degree from Sukhothai Thammatirat
University in Bangkok in 1987. In 1990, He successfully attended the Royal
College of Defense Studies in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland.
HRH
Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn plays the saxophone with His Father, His
Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej the Great, at the Dusit Palace.
His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej conferred his son with
the title of “Somdech Phra Borama Orasadhiraj Chao Fah Maha Vajiralongkorn
Sayam Makutrajakuman” on December 28, 1972, making him the Crown Prince and
Heir to the throne.
May
29, 1999 - the Royal Family attended religious ceremonies on Visakhabucha
Day at Wat Phra Sriratana Sasadaram, the Temple of the Emerald Buddha.
HRH Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn attended numerous
military training courses in Australia and the United States, with observation
tours in England, Belgium, Germany, France and the Netherlands. A long list of
military courses attended by the Crown Prince includes helicopter and high
performance aircraft flight training, special warfare training, demolition
training, parachute training, and courses in small arms and other weapons used
in modern warfare.
HRH
Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn presided over the flag presentation
ceremony of the Local Scouts of Payao Province on January 31, 1994.
On
April 27, 1999, HRH Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn received a Honorary
Doctorate Degree from the Edith Cowan University during a presentation
ceremony held at Duxton Hotel, Perth, Australia.
May
9, 1996 - HRH Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn at the presentation
ceremony of the Royal Barge ‘Narai Song Suban, Rama 9’ at the
Ratchakijvinitchai Palace.
July
31, 2000 - HRH Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn presided over the Rice
Sowing Ceremony and the presentation of the flag at the “Community Rice
Production and Promotion” center at the agricultural field, Moo 5, Bang
Ngam, Sriprachan, Supanburi Province.
HRH
Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, accompanied by Mom Sri Rasami Mahidol Na
Ayutthaya, presided over the “50 Years Maha Vajiralongkorn” concert at
the Thailand Cultural Center on July 9, 2002.
Some assignments include Commanding Officer of the King’s
Own Bodyguard Regiment and Command, Commanding General of the Royalty Security
Command, and Instructor Pilot of the F-5 E/F. Intermittently, He engaged in
actions for counter-insurgency purposes in the North and Northeast areas of
Thailand as well as for protective purposes in areas around Cambodian refugee
camps at Khao Lant, Trat Province.
The Crown Prince has continued the Royal Family’s assistance programs to
underdeveloped areas around the country and visited depressed urban areas around
Bangkok distributing food and necessity items to people in need. Another
impressive undertaking was His participation in a fertilizer preparation project
in Suphan Buri Province using natural ingredients to enrich the land in support
of the country’s great agricultural pursuits. Farming is considered to be a
highly significant and noble profession in Thailand and the Royal Family takes
an active role in advancing the vital industry of agriculture.
