What is Sirikit?
[[File:Queen Sirikit 1960.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Sirikit in 1960]] '''Sirikit''' ({{lang-th|สิริกิติ์}}; {{IPA-th|sì.rì.kìt}}; {{Audio|Th-Queen Sirikit.ogg|listen}}; born ''[[Mom Rajawongse]]'' '''Sirikit Kitiyakara''' ({{lang-th|สิริกิติ์ กิติยากร}}; {{RTGS|Sirikit Kitiyakon}}) on 12 August 1932) is the [[queen mother]] of [[Thailand]]. She was the [[List of Thai royal consorts|queen consort]] of King [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]] (or [[Rama (King of Thailand)|Rama]] IX) and is the mother of King [[Vajiralongkorn]] (or [[Rama (King of Thailand)|Rama]] X).<ref>{{citation | first = Kylie | last = Morris | date = 16 November 2004 | contribution= Thai Queen's plea to end violence |publisher=BBC | title = News | place = UK | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4017485.stm | access-date =7 July 2008}}.</ref> King Bhumibol Adulyadej met Sirikit in the 1940s. They married in 1950, shortly before Bhumibol's coronation. Sirikit was appointed [[Regent of Thailand|queen regent]] in 1956. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sirikit}} [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Thai royalty]] [[Category:Kings and queens]] {{bio-stub}}