Thailand’s Queen Mother Sirikit, who brought glamour and elegance to a postwar revival in the country’s monarchy and who, in later years, would occasionally wade into politics, has died aged 93, the Thai Royal Household Bureau said on Saturday.

Sirikit had been out of the public eye since a stroke in 2012.

The palace said she had been hospitalised since 2019 due to several illnesses and developed a bloodstream infection on October 17 before passing away late on Friday.

A mourning period of one year has been declared for members of the royal family and household.

Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul cancelled his trip to the ASEAN Summit in Malaysia due to the Queen Mother’s death, a government spokesperson said. The cabinet will meet on Saturday to discuss a royal funeral.

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