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Thai Princess Bajrakitiyabha, who was known for her legal work, dies at 47 9%
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6/12/2026, 12:54:04 AM
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BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol, a lawyer and the eldest of King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s children, has died at 47, the Bureau of the Royal Household said.
She died Thursday evening at a Bangkok hospital where she had been cared for since falling unconscious due to illness three years ago, according to the statement issued Friday.
“I know she was sick, but I wished there were a miracle,” she said, her voice trembling.
“I was saddened and shocked.”
Bajrakitiyabha was active in justice reform efforts and best known for her Kamlangjai, or “Inspire,” project to help rehabilitate incarcerated Thai women ahead of their release.
Prince Dipangkorn Rasmijoti, the youngest of the king’s children, is the presumptive heir because sons take precedence in Thailand’s line of succession.
But Bajrakitiyabha’s experience in public service raised speculation she was set to hold an important role in any future succession, perhaps as regent to a youthful monarch.
Bajrakitiyabha studied law at Thammasat University then went to Cornell University in New York state, where she earned a master’s degree in law in 2002.
She earned a doctorate at Cornell in 2005 with a dissertation concerning the protection of the rights of the accused.
Scholarships to Cornell Law School and a program for the exchange of legal scholars between Thailand and Cornell were later established in her name.
After working briefly at the Thai Mission to the U.N. in New York City, she returned home and worked as a public prosecutor.
She renewed her diplomatic career with an appointment as Thailand’s ambassador to Austria from 2012 to 2014 before returning to her homeland to concentrate on criminal justice issues.
In 2017 she was appointed a goodwill ambassador for the U.N.
Office on Drugs and Crime.
In addition to working for the rehabilitation of female convicts, she was involved in other projects including a campaign to enhance the living conditions of women prisoners and promoting efforts to stem violence against women as an honorary U.N. goodwill ambassador for women.
Her efforts led to the U.N.
General Assembly adopting the “Bangkok Rules” on care and conditions for female prisoners.
“Society cannot grow if there is instability and injustice,” Bajrakitiyabha said in a 2013 interview with The Associated Press.
“Without the rule of law, without a good justice system, it’s always chaos,” she said.
“I think the rule of law is a very important pillar to development, to economic growth, and of course to human rights.”
Bajrakitiyabha is survived by her parents and siblings.
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Associated Press journalist Anton L.
Delgado contributed to this report.
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