Although overshadowed by her late husband and her son, the current king, Sirikit was beloved and influential in her own right

xBANGKOK: Thailand’s Queen Mother Sirikit, who supervised royal projects to help the rural poor, preserve traditional craft-making and protect the environment, died on Friday. She was 93. The Royal Household Bureau said she died in a hospital in Bangkok, adding that she began suffering from a blood infection on Oct. 17 and despite her medical team’s efforts, her condition did not improve. She suffered a stroke in 2012 and was afterwards largely absent from public life due to declining health. Her husband, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, died in October 2016. Mourners gathered outside Chulalongkorn Hospital on Saturday morning after hearing the news. “It is yet again

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