The Sirikit Effect: Princess Soamsavali's Nightmare Marriage to Sia O

It's often said that you don't marry another person, you marry their family! In Princess Soamsavali's case, it was even more tragic: She was family!! To make matters worse, Queen Sirikit was the mother in law from hell. A recipe for disaster.

The year is 1977, a young beautiful Thai girl by the name of Soamsavali, decides to give up her studies, and marry the biggest loser in the world: Maha Vajiralongkorn. He was madly in love of course, but with another woman!

Needless to say, Sia O didn't want to marry Soamsavali, he wanted to marry the woman he really loved: Yuwathida. Enter the creature from the lagoon again, Queen Sirikit. Boooo!

The blue whale had big plans for her dopey son. She knew that marrying into the dysfunctional Chakri family, would be too much for any outsider, so she came up with the perfect solution: Sia O should marry his own cousin (Soamsavali's father is Queen Sirikit's brother).

And why not? King bhumibol is husband and cousin to Queen Sirikit, so if it's good enough for Sirikit, it's good enough for Soamsavali, right? The wedding was beautiful, Sirikit was in her element and enjoyed every minute of it. Pity she destroyed Soamsavali's life. Still, the wedding was lovely.

Soon after the wedding, Sia O quickly abandoned the bed for the table, then the table for the bar. He met up with Yuwathida from the very first month of his marriage. Indeed, it's no coincidence that Soamsavali's daughter with Sia O ( Ong-pa ) was born on 7 Dec 1978, and, surprise, surprise, Sia O's first son with Yuwathida ( Prince Juthawachara ) was born on Aug 1979 . Don't you think that's interesting? Did Sia O betray his wife?

The scandal soon started to draw the attention of those around the "happy" couple. Sia O would flirt openly with Yuwathida, even in public places. The shame of it! But Sia O's long suffering wife Soamsavali, didn't want a divorce, even though sia O clearly did.

Enter the mother in law from hell again. Sirikit's solution to the problem was simple. She decided to pay Soamsavali several hundred million baht to persuade her that divorce was the best option. To add insult to injury, Sia O declared that his decision to marry Soamsavali was "wrong" because he didn't love her. It was no picnic for her either!

All this suffering, pain and humiliation was caused by Queen Sirikit's selfish attitude. She wanted to decide for her son who he should marry with disastrous results. So much for Sirikit's attempt to "keep it in the family". Queen sirikit meddling almost destroyed Soamsavali's life. That's the Sirikit effect folks.