Prince Dipangkorn Rasmijoti Sirivibulyarajakumar (born 29 April 2005; th , ทีปังกรรัศมีโชติ; ; ) is a member of the country's

Chakri dynasty The Chakri dynasty ( th, ราชวงศ์ จักรี, , , ) is the current reigning dynasty of the Kingdom of Thailand, the head of the house is the king, who is head of state. The family has ruled Thailand since the founding of t ...

and

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to the throne of Thailand. He is the fifth son and seventh and youngest child of King

Vajiralongkorn Vajiralongkorn ( th, วชิราลงกรณ; , ; born 28 July 1952) is the King of Thailand. He is the only son of King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit. In 1972, at the age of 20, he was made crown prince by his father. After his ...

; his mother is

Srirasmi Suwadee Srirasmi Suwadee ( th, ศรีรัศมิ์ สุวะดี; ; born 9 December 1971), formerly Princess Srirasmi, Royal Consort to the Crown Prince of Thailand, is a former member of the royal family of Thailand. She was the third cons ...

, the king's third legal wife. His father also has a daughter by his first wife, and five children (four sons and a daughter) by his second wife; all the children of the second wife were born before the then-Crown Prince married their mother but were legitimised by their marriage. After the Crown Prince divorced his second wife in 1996, he disowned their four sons. Thus, Dipangkorn is the only recognised son of the king.

Early life and education

Prince Dipangkorn Rasmijoti was born by

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on 29 April 2005 at

Siriraj Hospital Siriraj Hospital ( th, โรงพยาบาลศิริราช; ) is the oldest and largest hospital in Thailand. It is in Bangkok on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River, opposite Thammasat University's Tha Phrachan campus. It is the ...

Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated populati ...

. On 15 June 2005,

King Bhumibol Adulyadej Bhumibol Adulyadej ( th, ภูมิพลอดุลยเดช; ; ; (Sanskrit: ''bhūmi·bala atulya·teja'' - "might of the land, unparalleled brilliance"); 5 December 192713 October 2016), conferred with the title King Bhumibol the Great ...

proclaimed the prince's name. The prince is styled

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. A royal ceremony, called Phra Ratchaphithi Somphot Duean Lae Khuen Phra U (), to celebrate the prince's first month was held on 17 June 2005 at

Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall The Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall ( th, พระที่นั่งอนันตสมาคม : ''Phra Thinang Anantasamakhom'': translated as 'The place of immense gathering'Noobanjong, page 167) is a royal reception hall in Dusit Palace in ...

. Prince Dipangkorn started his education at in

Dusit Palace Dusit Palace ( th, พระราชวังดุสิต, RTGS: ''Phra Ratcha Wang Dusit'') is a compound of royal residences in Bangkok, Thailand. Constructed over a large area north of Rattanakosin Island between 1897 and 1901 by King Ch ...

, before going to study abroad at

Bavarian International School The Bavarian International School gAG (BIS) is an English-language International Baccalaureate-curriculum international school based in Haimhausen, a municipality in the district Dachau in Bavaria, Germany, just north of Munich. In 2016, a second ...

(BIS) in

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Position in the line of succession

Prince Dipangkorn is the

to his father and first in line to the throne. However, because of

's December 2014 divorce from

, Dipangkorn's position in the line of succession is uncertain. The 1924 Palace Law of Succession lists "the order in the line of succession", following the first-born son of the king to be "the first-born son of the said prince and his royal consort" followed by "younger sons, in order, of the said prince and his royal consort." When

ended his relationship with his second wife in 1996, he disowned their four sons and said they had renounced their royal titles. However, the Royal Palace continued to recognize their right to use the

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HSH, or

His Serene Highness His/Her Serene Highness (abbreviation: HSH, second person address: Your Serene Highness) is a style used today by the reigning families of Liechtenstein, Monaco and Thailand. Over the past 400 years, it has also used as a style for senior members ...

Titles, honours and symbols

Titles and styles

* 29 April 2005 – present: ''His Royal Highness'' Prince Dipangkorn Rasmijoti of Thailand ** 29 April 2005 – 5 May 2019: (พระเจ้าหลานเธอ พระองค์เจ้าทีปังกรรัศมีโชติ ''Phrachao Lan Thoe Phra Ong Chao Dipangkorn Rasmijoti'') ** 5 May 2019 – present: (สมเด็จพระเจ้าลูกยาเธอ เจ้าฟ้าทีปังกรรัศมีโชติ ''Somdet Phrachao Lukya Thoe Chaofa Dipangkorn Rasmijoti'') ;Royal decorations 2019 -

Order of the Royal House of Chakri (Thailand) ribbon

Knight of the Most Illustrious Order of the Royal House of Chakri 2016 -

King Rama IX Royal Cypher Medal (Thailand) ribbon

King Rama IX Royal Cypher Medal (First Class) 2019 -

King Rama X Royal Cypher Medal (Thailand) ribbon

King Rama X Royal Cypher Medal (First Class) ;Symbols Royal Cypher of Prince Dipangkorn.svg, Royal Monogram of Prince Dipangkorn Rasmijoti

References

External links

Photographs of the prince's first year

The prince's first day of preschool
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