The princess held a picture of King Rama IX, her grandfather, during the medal presentation ceremony and admitted during an interview with the Thai media later that she had felt overwhelmed. “It was like I gave him this medal,” the princess said emotionally. ‘Difficult to describe my feelings’“Normally whenever I competed and won a medal, he would put it on my neck. The silver is the princess’s second medal in the SEA Games. She won the gold medal as part of the Thai women’s badminton team in the 2005 SEA Games in Manila.

Source: The Nation Bangkok August 22, 2017 12:22 UTC