The eldest child of Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn has been hospitalised due to a heart problem and her condition has stabilised to a certain level, the royal palace said.
Princess Bajrakitiyabha, 44, was taken ill after losing consciousness early on Wednesday in north-eastern Nakhon Ratchasima province and was treated at a local hospital.
She was flown by helicopter to Bangkok after her condition stabilised at a certain level, the palace said in a statemen on Thursday, without elaborating.
The princess is one of three children of the king who have formal titles, making her eligible for the throne under a 1924 palace law of succession and the country’s constitution.
The king has yet to formally designate an heir since his reign began in 2016, and there has been no official discussion on the prospect of the princess taking the throne.
The princess, who has worked with the United Nations and served as Thailand’s ambassador to Austria, Slovenia and Slovakia, was attending a working dog championship organised by the army when she lost consciousness, the palace said.
She was being treated at Chulalongkorn hospital in Bangkok on Thursday where she was undergoing treatment and checks on her condition, it said.
While the palace succession law stipulates that the heir to the throne should be male, an amendment to the constitution in 1974 allowed for a daughter of the royal line to ascend the throne if a successor had not been named.
