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Thailand’s royal palace on Friday said that the nation’s former Queen Sirikit, the mother of the current King Vajiralongkorn and wife of the nation’s longest-reigning monarch, passed away at the age of 93.

Revered as ‘Mother of Nation’, Thailand celebrates her birthday as the country’s official ‘Mother’s Day’.

“I feel sad because she was a mother figure to the country, and now she’s gone," 53-year-old housekeeper Sasis Putthasit said. “I had heard that she had been unwell and, given that she was in her 90s, I knew this day would come, but I didn’t expect it to be today," Sasis further added while speaking to AFP.

Sirikit, member of the royal family which is venerated in Thailand, treated by many as semi-divine figures and lavished with glowing media coverage and

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