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A Thai royal consort who was stripped of her titles last year has restored them after being deemed “innocent.”
Sineenatra Wongvajirabhakdi was charged with “violating a code of conduct for courtiers and was disloyal to the king.” according to a statement from the palace at the time.
In July last year, Major General Wongvajirabhakdi, who is said to be the Thai king’s mistress, became the first person to be named a noble royal consort in nearly a century.
Their titles were removed just three months later, but an official statement on August 28, 2020 says that it should now be considered that they were never removed.
Major General Sineenatra Wongvajirabhakdi, the noble royal consort of King Maha Vajiralongkorn
The statement read: “As Miss Sineenatra Wongvajirabhakdi is innocent of any wrongdoing, therefore there is a royal command appointing Miss Sineenatra Wongvajirabhakdi to remain the rank of nobility Chao Khun Phra Sineenatra Bilasakalayani and Her Majesty the post and rank of private military officer and to receive all given royal decorations. “
He goes on to say that now “it is considered that she has never been stripped of the rank of nobility and the post and rank of Her Majesty’s private military officer, and of all royal decorations before.”
King Maha Vajiralongkorn he married his fourth wife, Queen Suthida, two months before the original appointment.
Sineenatra was accused of wanting to be queen herself, and was called “ambitious” in trying to obtain royal titles and “self-promotion” in her royal activities, with photos of her posted. handling a gun and in the cockpit of an army jet.
“He lacks the understanding of the good traditions of the royal court. He shows disobedience against the king and queen,” the palace said at the time.
King Maha Vajiralongkorn is pictured with Ms. Wongvajirabhakdi
Thailand It enforces the lese majesty, a law that prohibits defamation, insult or threat to the monarchy, with penalties of three to 15 years in prison.
Born in 1985, Sineenatra is from northern Thailand and worked as a nurse before entering into a relationship with then-Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn.
He trained as a pilot in Thailand and abroad, served in the king’s royal bodyguard unit, and in 2019 received the rank of major general.
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