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Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn to Become New King of Thailand

© AFP 2023 / PORNCHAI KITTIWONGSAKUL This file photo taken on December 05, 1999 shows (L-R) Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Sirikit appearing at a balcony of Anantasamakom Throne Hall in Bangkok to mark the King's birthday.
This file photo taken on December 05, 1999 shows (L-R) Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Sirikit appearing at a balcony of Anantasamakom Throne Hall in Bangkok to mark the King's birthday. - Sputnik International
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Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn will succeed his late father Bhumibol Adulyadej as the new king of Thailand.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Crown Prince of Thailand Maha Vajiralongkorn will become the country’s new king following the death of his father King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Thursday.

"The government will inform the National Legislative Assembly that His Majesty the King had appointed HRH the Crown Prince in accordance with the royal law on December 28, 1972, and then the National Legislative Assembly will take the relevant action," the prime minister said referring to  Vajiralongkorn as quoted by the Bangkok Post newspaper.

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Prayut Chan-o-cha also called on Thai people to wear mourning clothes for a year as well as to refrain from entertainment activities for 30 days.

Bhumibol, also known as Rama IX, passed away at the age of 88 at 3:52 p.m. (08:52 GMT) on Thursday. He became Thai king in 1946.

Vajiralongkorn was born in 1952. At the age of 20, in 1972, he was appointed crown prince by his father, King Rama IX.

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