Cindy Adams interviewing Queen Sirikit of Thailand.

Farewell to Thailand’s gem

The longer you live, the more friends you tell goodbye.

A lifetime ago in Bangkok’s Chitralada palace garden I met Her Stunningly Gorgeous Majesty Queen Sirikit of Thailand . Tiny perfect figure. Ebony black hair. The face marble. Swathed in Thai silk. We stayed friends all these years. She left us last week .

We had many visits — me there, she here. Once, in accented excellent English as we sat in the sweltering sun, she told me: “Due to my country’s blessed weather I have no lines in my face. It is because I perspire so often. This is what keeps my skin smooth.”

Over the years we did for one another. She wanted Bloomingdale’s to open a Thai department to sell her country’s handicrafts and Thai silk.

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