A senior monk at Wat Nok lights candles to
commemorate HRH Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn’s birthday July 28.
Chonburi marked the 62nd birthday of HRH Crown Prince
Maha Vajiralongkorn with a ceremony at Wat Nok.
Deputy Gov. Pongsak Preechawit presided over the July 28 service attended by
government officers, businesspeople, residents, and students who dressed in
white to honor and express loyalty to HRH the Crown Prince. 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)
