Her father was a musician and composer in the Sunthraphon band.[3]. The mother was actress Yuvadhida Polpraserth with whom Maha went on to have five children , finally marrying her in 1994. Just two years after their marriage Yuvadhida moved to Britain with all of the couple's children - and the prince did not react well. Vajiralongkorn married his first wife Princess Soamsawali (who also happens to be his first cousin) in 1977. Don't have an account? Sujarinee Vivacharawongse (Thai: สุจาริณี วิวัชรวงศ์; RTGS: Sucharini Wiwatcharawong; 26 May 1962), née Yuvadhida Polpraserth (Thai: ยุวธิดา ผลประเสริฐ; RTGS: Yuwathida Phonprasoet), stage-named Yuvadhida Suratsawadee (Thai: ยุวธิดา สุรัสวดี; RTGS: Yuwathida Suratsawadi) or nicknamed Benz (Thai: เบ๊นซ์), is a Thai actress who was a consort and then the second wife of Vajiralongkorn, then the Crown Prince of Thailand, from 1994 to 1996. At least eight of her relatives were convicted and jailed for lèse-majesté, including her elderly parents who were sentenced to two and a half years jail each after pleading guilty to defaming the monarchy. Vajiralongkorn is a 68 year old Thai Royal born on 28th July, 1952 in Bangkok, Thailand. Their first child, Juthavachara Mahidol, was born a year after his legitimate daughter. In 1978 and 1979, she was a leading actress in the film Saen saep, Ai thuek and Hua chai thi chom din. At fifteen, she was introduced to Thai filmography when actress Sarinthip Siriwan helped her to find a job in the drama Kot haeng kam and Manut pralat. Relationships. Sujarinee Vivacharawongse (Thai: สุจาริณี วิวัชรวงศ์; RTGS: Sucharini Wiwatcharawong; 26 May 1962), née Yuvadhida Polpraserth (Thai: ยุวธิดา ผลประเสริฐ; RTGS: Yuwathida Phonprasoet), stage-named Yuvadhida Suratsawadee (Thai: ยุวธิดา สุรัสวดี; RTGS: Yuwathida Suratsawadi) or nicknamed Benz (Thai: เบ๊นซ์), is a Thai actress who was a consort and then the second wife of Vajiralongkorn, then the Crown Prince of Thailand, from 1994 to 1996. “Foo Foo was present at the event, dressed in formal evening attire complete with paw mitts, and at one point during the band’s second number, he jumped up onto the head table and began lapping from the guests’ waterglasses, including my own. The crown prince himself has now made the disgrace official by ordering her family to stop using the name Akrapongpreecha, which he gave them after he married her in 2001. Join the conversation, you are commenting as, news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site, Thai King’s consort stripped of her titles. Nationwide News Pty Limited Copyright © 2020. By the time they wed, The Times reports, she had been his mistress for 15 years and they had already had four children — three sons and a daughter. They were also told they were never to return to their homeland. [4], When Vajiralongkorn was introduced to Yuvadhida Polpraserth, she was an aspiring actress. Help us build our profile of Yuvadhida Polpraserth! “Letters came from our father to the schools that we were attending, saying that he would no longer pay. Dissenters now risk being ‘disappeared’ altogether. They began living together but his wife refused to divorce him. King Maha Vajiralongkorn walks with royal noble consort Sineenat Bilaskalayani, also known as Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi. She too has now fallen foul of the mercurial monarch and has been stripped of all her honours for allegedly trying to undermine the Queen. During the marriage Maha fathered four sons and a daughter with his mistress, actress Yuvadhida Polpraserth. Suthida used to work as a flight attendant for Thai Airways and entered the royal army in 2013 before being appointed as deputy commander of King Vajiralongkorn's bodyguard unit, being made a full general in December 2016, deputy commander of the king's personal guard in 2017 and then Queen in 2019. When she fled to Britain in 1996 with their children, Vajiralongkorn had posters placed around his palace accusing her of committing adultery with Anand Rotsamkhan (อนันต์ รอดสำคัญ), a 60-year-old air marshal. ... Maha fathered four sons and a daughter with his mistress, actress Yuvadhida Polpraserth, whom he married in 1994. When Maha Vajiralongkorn was crowned King Rama X of Thailand in May this year, it marked the ascension to the throne of one of the most extraordinarily unusual monarchs in modern history. While Vajiralongkorn married mistress Yuvadhida Polpraserth in 1994, it has been reported he first met her when she was a teenager. Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana of Thailand, “Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana, the Royal Granddaughter” was born on 8th January 1987. Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn seated atop his throne with his official consort Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi at the royal palace. When Air Chief Marshall Foo Foo died in 2015, his passing was marked by four days of Buddhist rites. https://t.co/dFers4aqc7 #KingBhumibol pic.twitter.com/1KPPz3gASE. The King married his third wife Princess Srirasmi Akrapongpreecha, a former waitress, in 2001, though the Thai public was only informed of their union in 2005. While little is known about Suthida Vajiralongkorn na Ayudhya, her name is now synonymous with royalty after being appointed as the country’s new queen. pic.twitter.com/Ba6sVvpylF. The couple finally married in 1994, in a marriage blessed by the King. All times AEDT (GMT +11). She now lives in the United States. He also has four sons and a daughter by his second marriage, whom he disowned in 1997 when he severed all ties with their mother, aspiring actress Yuvadhida Polpraserth. Last week, the monarch stripped his official mistress of her rank in a shock move — but it is far from the first time he has punished one of his partners. Nine months after his daughter was born, the prince had a son with actress Yuvadhida Polpraserth, with whom he went on to have a total of five children. Last week the King was in the headlines again after stripping his official concubine Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi, a former army nurse, of her titles only three months after anointing her his official mistress. They say their father arrived in the UK, “took away our little sister” and stripped his sons and wife of their royal status. “The Air Chief Marshal’s antics drew the full attention of the 600-plus audience members, and remains the talk of the town to this day.”. His peccadillos and eccentricities have long been the subject of media reports. In 1997, Princess Sujarinee and her sons fled to the US where they were granted political asylum. Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn started living with actress Yuvadhida Polpraserth in the late-1970s and had five children with her. Srirasmi: divorced and humiliated.Foo Foo: dead.Vajiralongkorn: Thailand's next king? Sujarinee Vivacharawongse, née Yuvadhida Polpraserth, stage-named Yuvadhida Suratsawadee or nicknamed Benz, is a Thai actress and the second consort of Vajiralongkorn, the then Crown Prince of Thailand, from 1994 to 1996. pic.twitter.com/XMTyCi5igG. The mother was actress Yuvadhida Polpraserth with whom Maha went on to have five children, finally marrying her in 1994. They also alleged their mother’s friends in Thailand had been persecuted and jailed. Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. And he married his third wife Princess Srirasmi in 2001 but she lost favour in 2014 and eight of her relatives were arrested. Throughout their marriage, he fathered five children with his mistress Yuvadhida Polpraserth, an aspiring actress. [9], "A Thai Princess' Fairy Tale Comes to an End", "YouTube host faces charges for criticising Thai princess's Miss Universe dress", "Adultery princess casts shadow on untouchables", "Principessa Sirivannavari Nariratana di Thailandia", "Thailand's future uncertain as princess loses royal status", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sujarinee_Vivacharawongse&oldid=971573894, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 6 August 2020, at 23:56. Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana is a princess of Thailand and the only daughter of King Vajiralongkorn and Sujarinee Vivacharawongse . An official statement read in part: “Royal Noble Consort Sineenat is ungrateful and behaves in ways unbecoming of her title. In 1979 Vajiralongkorn risked public censure by taking a mistress, the actress Yuvadhida Polpraserth; over the next decade she bore him five children, four sons and a daughter. Who are they dating right now? The couple had one daughter together, but got divorced after the then-Crown Prince started living with actress Yuvadhida Polpraserth. She became his steady companion and gave birth to his first son, Prince Juthavachara Mahidol, on 29 August 1979. Boyce said of the colourful evening: “Foo Foo, currently holds the rank of Air Chief Marshal. Their divorce was finalised in 1993 and in the meantime, the future King had fathered five children with Yuvadhida Polpraserth – they finally married in February 1994. ‘Selfish’ mum spending $14k on herself, nothing on kids for ... ‘Clearly sharknado’: Bull shark swims by Gold Coast back yar... Nurse faints during on live TV minutes after getting coronav... Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. The King's birthday is another huge day of celebration in Thailand. Amid claims that she had had an affair with an air marshal, Yuvadhida fled to Britain with her children. Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi, a former nurse and royal bodyguard, was anointed as the King’s official mistress amid much pomp and ceremony in August of this year, at which the Queen was present. Vajiralongkorn met the aspiring actress, Yuvadhida Polpraserth not long after his first divorce, and the pair went on to have four sons and a daughter, before marrying in 1994. When the prince got sick of her and wanted Srirasmi, the ditching of Yuvadhida was public and nasty. ... She too has now fallen foul of … King Maha Vajiralongkorn (R) and Queen Suthida take part in their wedding ceremony in Bangkok. According to our records, Yuvadhida Polpraserth is possibly single. She now lives in the United States. He had a mistress though, actress Yuvadhida Polpraserth, with whom he fathered five children before he finally married her in 1994 after divorcing his first wife. She was also commissioned as a major in the Royal Thai Army and took part in royal ceremonies with Vajiralongkorn. However, they had a massive bust-up just two years later. Another royal couple has decided to split — Thailand’s Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn and wife Princess Srirasmi Akrapongpreecha are getting a divorce after 13 years of marriage. He demanded that we surrender our diplomatic passports to the Thai royal embassy … We were told that the Thai public does not accept us and that we were not welcome in Thailand.”. Nine months after his daughter was born, the prince had a son with actress Yuvadhida Polpraserth, with whom he went on to have a total of five children. Picture: Thailand Royal Office via APSource:AP. By the time the marriage was dissolved by divorce. While Vajiralongkorn married mistress Yuvadhida Polpraserth in 1994, it has been reported he first met her when she was a teenager. He is a good student, a good boy, but women find him interesting and he finds women even more interesting.”. Earlier this year, she suffered from two strokes and Instagram photos purporting to be of her show her in a wheelchair. Before her dismissal, Ms Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi (left) held the rank of major-general in the King's royal bodyguard unit where Queen Suthida (right) was the deputy chief. Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn has stripped his royal consort of her titles and military ranks, but that is not the worst thing to befall one of his former lovers. The king first married his first cousin Soamsawali Kitiyakara in 1977. About. Sign up, Join the conversation, you are commenting as Logout. In 1994, he married actress Sujarinee Vivacharawongse. He … While she and her sons are reportedly banished from Thailand, her only daughter, Princess Busyanambejra (later changed to HRH Princess Sirivannavari) returned to Thailand to live with Vajiralongkorn. A former air stewardess, she was forced to lie at his feet during the traditional ceremony. In 2014, Princess Srirasmi experienced a dramatic fall from grace and faced severe consequences. Picture: Thailand's Royal Office/AFPSource:AFP, In 1982, Vajiralongkorn’s mother, Queen Sirikit said simply: “My son, the Crown Prince, is a little bit of a Don Juan. Among them are his huge back tattoo revealed when he was pictured saluting on a runway wearing jeans and sandals; the time he was photographed shopping in Germany in a tank top; the birthday party he threw his beloved poodle Foo Foo at which his third wife, Princess Srirasmi, appeared topless; the fact Foo Foo was also named an Air Chief Marshall in the Thai air force. She is a princess of Thailand and the only daughter of Crown Prince Maha Vajralongkorn and Sujarinee Vivacharawongse, who is commonly known as Yuvadhida Polpraserth. Picture: Thai Royal Household Bureau/AFP.Source:AFP. However, they had a massive bust-up just two years later. the Crown Prince was already living with Yuvadhida Polpraserth, a Thai actress, by whom he had four sons and a daughter. Srirasmi lost her royal name and was separated from her then nine-year old son, Prince Dipangkorn who is the heir presumptive to the throne. She is also not content with the title bestowed upon her, doing everything to rise to the level of the queen.”. The second marriage was short-lived. In May this year, the King married his long-term girlfriend Suthida Tidjai, making her Queen Suthida. “Private investigators, undoubtedly hired by our father, followed our every move. His zodiac sign is Leo. 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