Queen Sirikit, the glamorous mother of Thailand’s King Vajiralongkorn, died on Friday night aged 93. Her late husband King Bhumibol Adulyadej was Thailand’s longest-serving monarch and much revered across the southeast Asian country. He was succeeded by the couple’s oldest son, King Maha Vajiralongkorn, after his death in 2016.

Thailand's Queen Mother Sirikit, who supervised royal projects to help the rural poor, preserve traditional craft-making and protect the environment, has died.