Phetcharatana Rachasuda (เพชรรัตนราชสุดา)

Thai. Name of the daughter and only child of King Rama VI. She was born on 24 November 1925, just one day before her father's demise. She has served as a royal patroness to over thirty institutions and organizations, including in the area of education, public health, and scouting, as well as of activities of the territorial defence volunteers and other charitable organizations. The Princess' last name is Sirisohpha Phannawadee (สิริโสภาพัณณวดี), thought her full name is often transliterated Bejaratana Rajasuda Sirisobhabannavadi. To mark het 80th anniversary in 2005, Thailand Post issued a commemorative stamp with her portrait (fig.), and in 2009, her seventh birthday circle was commemorated with a Thai postage stamp that features her portrait (fig.). Being born on a Tuesday, the princess' personal flag consists of a pink field, the colour of her birthday (see sih prajam wan), with the initials  Ph. R. (พ.ร.), underneath a crown and a yan sign. She passed away on 27 July 2011 at the age of 85, and cremation rites took place on 9 April 2012 in a crematorium, with the combined shades of gold and pink, representing the colour of her birthday and the standard colour for a royal funeral pyre. 回