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BANGKOK (AP) \u2014 Thailand\u2019s Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol, a lawyer and the eldest of King Maha Vajiralongkorn\u2019s children, has died at 47, the Bureau of the Royal Household said.<\/p>\n

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She died Thursday evening at a Bangkok hospital where she had been cared for since falling unconscious due to illness three years ago, according to the statement issued Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis loss is not merely bad news announced to the people, but an immeasurable grief in the hearts of the entire nation,\u201d Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said in a televised speech. He said the princess was \u201ca pride of Thailand,\u201d and that \u201cher commitment to building a society of kindness, justice, and equality, will forever remain as a moral legacy for the nation, a guiding light for generations of Thais.\u201d<\/p>\n

A small group of mourners gathered in an atrium at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, where the princess had been treated. Most held framed or laminated photos of her throughout the years.<\/p>\n

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Pattamaporn Kaewkityakorn said she had arrived Thursday and spent the night there to show her support for the princess, unaware that the announcement of her passing would come the following morning.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know she was sick, but I wished there were a miracle,\u201d she said, her voice trembling. \u201cI was saddened and shocked.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bajrakitiyabha was active in justice reform efforts and best known for her Kamlangjai, or \u201cInspire,\u201d project to help rehabilitate incarcerated Thai women ahead of their release.<\/p>\n

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Bajrakitiyabha was hospitalized in December 2022 after falling unconscious while training dogs for an army exhibition. The palace said she had a mycoplasma infection, a bacterial infection usually associated with pneumonia.<\/p>\n

Her father\u2019s New Year\u2019s greeting card for 2023 showed King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida garbed in somber black, which many Thais saw as confirmation of the gravity of her condition. <\/p>\n

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The princess was born on Dec. 7, 1978, to Vajiralongkorn, who was the crown prince at the time, and his then-wife, Princess Soamsawali. Vajiralongkorn has seven children by three of his four successive wives. Bajrakitiyabha was also known by the royal name Bajrakitiyabha Narendira Debyavati, used in formal state settings.<\/p>\n

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