The Pattaya Mail Media
Group joins the Kingdom of Thailand in humbly offering our best wishes
to HRH Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn on the occasion of His 61st
Royal Birthday Celebration, July 28. (Photo courtesy Bureau of the Royal
Household)
His Royal Highness Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn
was born on July 28, 1952, in the Ambara Villa of the Royal Dusit Palace
in Bangkok. He is the second of four children, and is the only son of
Their Majesties King Bhumibol Adulyadej the Great and Queen Sirikit.
The Crown Prince received his primary schooling at Udorn Hall of the
Dusit Palace and attended secondary school in Sussex and Summerset,
England. In August 1970, the Crown Prince attended the King’s School,
Paramatta, Sydney, Australia and in 1976, he received a Bachelor of Arts
Degree in Military Studies at the University of New South Wales. HRH the
Crown Prince also attended the Royal Thai Army Command and General Staff
College, graduating in 1978, and later received a Bachelor of Laws
Degree from Sukhothai Thammatirat University in Bangkok in 1987. In
1990, he successfully attended the Royal College of Defense Studies in
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
HRH the Crown Prince
opens the ceremonial curtain, to reveal the RVYC signboard inaugurating
the new clubhouse in 2005.
His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej conferred his son
with the title of “Somdech Phra Borama Orasadhiraj Chao Fah Maha
Vajiralongkorn Sayam Makutrajakuman” on December 28, 1972, making him
the Crown Prince and Heir to the throne.
HRH Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn attended numerous military training
courses in Australia and the United States, with observation tours in
England, Belgium, Germany, France and the Netherlands. A long list of
military courses attended by the Crown Prince includes helicopter and
high performance aircraft flight training, special warfare training,
demolition training, parachute training, and courses in small arms and
other weapons used in modern warfare.
Some assignments include Commanding Officer of the King’s Own Bodyguard
Regiment and Command; Commanding General of the Royalty Security
Command; and Instructor Pilot of the F-5 E/F. Intermittently, he engaged
in actions for counter-insurgency purposes in the North and Northeast
areas of Thailand as well as for protective purposes in areas around
Cambodian refugee camps at Khao Lant, Trat Province.
His Royal Highness Crown
Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn goes through pre-flight preparations before
takeoff on a special Buddhist Pilgrimage Flight he piloted to India.
The Crown Prince has continued the Royal Family’s
assistance programs to underdeveloped areas around the country and
visited depressed urban areas around Bangkok distributing food and
necessity items to people in need. Another impressive undertaking was
his participation in a fertilizer preparation project in Suphanburi
Province using natural ingredients to enrich the land in support of the
country’s great agricultural pursuits. Farming is considered to be a
highly significant and noble profession in Thailand and the Royal Family
takes an active role in advancing the vital industry of agriculture.
HRH Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn and his Royal Consort Her Royal Highness
Princess Srirasm are the proud parents of HRH Prince Dipangkorn
Rasmijoti, born on April 29, 2005, at Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok. It is
the couple’s first child.
Also in 2005, HRH Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn officially opened the
splendid multi-million baht new Royal Varuna Yacht Club, built on its
choice seaside property at Kasetsin Beach, South Pattaya. Before an
assembled crowd of ministers, Royal Thai Navy officers, Palace and
Pattaya City officials, and a large number of Royal Varuna members,
including a number of past club commodores, HRH the Crown Prince
activated the ceremonial curtain, revealing the Varuna logo, thus
officially opening the club.
The Pattaya Mail Media Group humbly joins the Kingdom of Thailand in
offering our best wishes to HRH Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn on the
occasion of His Royal Birthday Celebration, July 28.
