Deputy Gov. Pongsak Preechawit
bows in respect to HRH Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn on his 61st
birthday.
Chonburi marked the 61st birthday of HRH Crown Prince
Maha Vajiralongkorn with a ceremony at Yai Intharam Temple.
Deputy Gov. Pongsak Preechawit presided over the July 27 service attended by
government officers, businesspeople, residents, and students who dressed in
white to honor and express loyalty to HRH. Attendees sang the royal anthem,
monks lit candles and prayed before receiving alms.
His Royal Highness 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 in Australia and in 1976, 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.
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. (CPDC)
