BANGKOK - Thailand's King Maha
Vajiralongkorn has stripped his royal consort of her titles and
military ranks for being "disloyal", the palace said late on
Monday.
The announcement came just months after Sineenat
Wongvajirapakdi, 34, was made a royal noble consort by the king
in July, the first such appointment in almost a century.
Sineenat had breached a code of conduct for courtiers and
was "disloyal to the king", a two-page palace statement said.
Sineenat's appointment as consort followed the king's
marriage to the deputy head of his personal bodyguard, Suthida
Tidjai, 41. He named her his queen, just days before his
coronation in May, with the title of Queen Suthida
Vajiralongkorn na Ayudhaya.
The statement also described Sineenat as "ungrateful".
"Royal Noble Consort Sineenat is ungrateful and behaves in
ways unbecoming of her title. She is also not content with the
title bestowed upon her, doing everything to rise to the level
of the queen," the statement said.
"She lacks the understanding of the good traditions of the
royal court. She displays disobedience against the king and the
queen."