FILE PHOTO: Thai Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya poses during a news conference at the 61st Cannes Film Festival May 15, 2008. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File Picture
BANGKOK (Reuters) - The political career of Thailand's Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya Sirivadhana Barnavadi lasted only three days, but in that time her declaration that she would be a candidate for prime minister in a March election shook up the kingdom.
For the sister of King Maha Vajiralongkorn to enter politics was shocking enough, but what threatened to upend Thailand's political dynamic was the fact that she declared her candidacy for a populist party linked to an exiled former prime minister.
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