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With deepest regret we inform you of the passing away of Her Royal Highness Princess Galyani Vadhana, His Majesty the King's sister, at the age of 84, on January 2nd 2008 . It is a great loss for the Thai people as throughout her life, she had numerous great achievements personally and socially. As a young princess, she graduated at the top of her class at the International School of Geneva, ranking third in all Switzerland. She later obtained degrees from Lausanne University's Faculty of Science in chemistry as well as from the Faculty of Social Science, in literature, philosophy and psychology. Her Royal Highness was at the head of over sixty charitable
foundations, most of which had previously been presided over by Her Royal
Highness the Princess Mother. For Buddhists, one of her greatest
contributions was to head the Committee that revised and transcribed the
Pali texts of the Tipitaka into Roman alphabets: the resulting scriptures
were sent all over the world. Her numerous accomplishments
in various other fields , including health care, sports and music, are
mentioned in tributes from major English language newspapers such as those
by the Bangkok Post and The Nation at these URLs:
In Thai there is the official 84th birthday anniversary
website established last May: http://www.hrh84yrs.org/
Amara Chayabongse,
December 4th, 2008
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