Princess Anne will travel to Thailand after royal death

Princess Anne will hold an audience with the king of Thailand during her visit to the country during the last leg of her Asia tour.

The visit will take place over a month after the eldest child of the King of Thailand died aged 47.

Princess Anne is confirmed to be undertaking an official tour of South Korea and Thailand next month.

The Princess Royal will travel east with her husband, Sir Tim Laurence, from July 13 to July 17 - with questions likely to be raised over her schedule in Thailand.

She will also pay respects to Queen Sirikit, the Queen Mother, during the visit.

According to Reuters news agency, Thailand's Princess Bajrakitiyabha Narendira Debyavati, the eldest child of Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn,died at 47, the royal palace said on Friday, after multiple ‌health problems and nearly four years in a coma.

The princess was hospitalised in December 2022 after a sudden loss of consciousness caused by a heart condition while visiting the northeastern province of ​Nakhon Ratchasima. Bajrakitiyabha was flown by helicopter to the capital Bangkok for treatment.

She ​died on Thursday evening, after her condition worsened due to an ⁠intra-abdominal infection, colitis, low blood pressure, arrhythmias, and blood clotting disorders, the palace statement ​said.

Bajrakitiyabha, popularly known as Princess Pa, was born on December 7, 1978, to the ​then Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn and his first wife, Princess Soamsawali.

In Thailand, she will be remembered for her prominent role in public life, her efforts to improve the livelihoods of female prisoners, and her ​diplomatic career.

She studied law at Cornell University, obtaining a Master's degree and a ​Doctorate, and worked as an attorney in the Thai Office of the Attorney-General between 2006 and 2011.