Bhumibol and his bride Queen Sirikit seen here at their wedding in April 1950. Three years earlier, his uncle Prince Rangsit, had authorized a military coup and signed the 1949 constitution.
Born in 1927 in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the US, King Bhumibol moved to Thailand a year later. Here he is seen, center, with his mother, brother Ananda Mahidol and sister Galyani Vadhana. From: Bureau of the Royal Household, Kingdom of Thailand
Bhumibol’s older brother, King Ananda Mahidol, inherited the throne as a young boy while still living in Switzerland. He returned to Thailand in 1945 and died under mysterious circumstances just a few months later. Photograph : Wikimedia Commons
Bhumibol inherited the crown after his brother’s death in 1946. Here he is seen with Princess Mother Sri Sangwal and Princess Galyani Vadhana at their Villa Vadhana in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1945. From: Bureau of the Royal Household, Kingdom of Thailand
Bhumibol and his bride Queen Sirikit seen here at their wedding in April 1950. Three years earlier, his uncle Prince Rangsit, had authorized a military coup and signed the 1949 constitution.
Bhumibol and Queen Sirikit were a sophisticated and glamorous addition to the global social scene. City of Boston Archives, Boston
A man sits in front of portraits of relatives killed in an uprising in 1973, during an October 2004 commemoration. At least 73 people were killed and more than 800 injured when military and right wing groups fired on student protestors. Photo AFP
Bhumibol reviews royal guards at an annual trooping of the colors at the Royal Plaza in Bangkok in 1987. Photo: Reuters
Bhumibol is visited by Britian’s Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in August 1988. Photo: Reuters
King Bhumibol’s trip to Ayutthaya province in May 2012 was his first outside of Bangkok since he was admitted to Siriraj hospital in 2009. Photo: Reuters
