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.
Deputy Gov. Pongsak Preechawit bows in respect to HRH Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn on his 61st birthday.
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.
