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.
Pattaya Mail joins the
people of Thailand to humbly wish Her Royal Highness Princess
Soamsawalee a very Happy Birthday Friday, July 13. (Photo courtesy of
the Bureau of the Royal Household)
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.
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; The Princess Pa Foundation
Royal cipher of Princess
Soamsawalee.
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
This past year, on August 15, 2011, HRH Princess
Soamsawalee opened a charity walk-a-thon at Central Festival Pattaya
Beach to raise money for cervical cancer research. HRH Princess
Soamsawalee also cut the ribbon to open the cervical cancer protection
exhibition and visited the show before taking photographs with
organizers and sponsors.
HRH Princess Soamsawalee, through her office, also is
very active in relief efforts throughout Thailand.
HRH Princess Soamsawalee
cuts the ribbon to open a cervical cancer protection exhibition at
Central Festival Pattaya Beach.
HRH Princess Soamsawalee
graciously helps an elderly patient.
