The remnants of
the tragic boat used by Queen
Sunandha Kumariratana
(fig.),
a half-sister and one of four principal queens of King
Chulalongkorn
(fig.),
i.e.
Rama V (fig.),
on her last journey to the Royal Summer Palace (fig.) in
Bang Pa-in.
When the boat
on 31 May 1880
got involved in
a freak accident and
capsized, the queen,
her daughter Princess
Kannaphon Phetcharat
(fig.) and her unborn son were killed. Despite the
presence of many onlookers, no one dare come to their
rescue as they were drowning, as the law forbade
commoners to touch any royal, even in order to save
their lives.
It is today kept at the compound of the
Bang Pa-in Summer Palace near
Ayutthaya
(fig.).
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