Thai Raksa Chart party leader Preechapol Pongpanich, holds up the application of candidate for prime minister for Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya Sirivadhana Varnavadi at the election commission office in Bangkok on Feb. 8. It would have also marked unity between the palace and Thaksin, whose political movement has been accused of being anti-monarchy. Thailand’s prime minister, former general Prayuth Chan-ocha, will also be running for election in March. The Thai princess formally rescinded her royal titles in 1972, when she married American Peter Jensen, a fellow student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — her first break with royal protocol. Her political leanings have never been explicit, but the princess was photographed with Thaksin and his sister, former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, last year.

Source: Washington Post February 09, 2019 09:29 UTC