The king of Thailand abruptly stripped all royal titles from his 34-year-old consort, who is accused of plotting against the queen to take her place

• The king of Thailand on Monday stripped his consort of her royal title and military rank after she was accused of plotting against the queen.
• Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi, who is believed to be one of King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s longtime girlfriends, was given the title of royal noble consort in July.
• She had wanted to be queen herself and tried to stop the king from marrying Queen Suthida in May, Channel News Asia reported, citing a palace announcement.
• The king tried to appease Wongvajirapakdi by making her a royal consort, but she continued to lash out by disobeying the king and queen and giving orders on her own authority, Channel News Asia said.
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The king of Thailand abruptly stripped his consort of all her titles after she was accused of plotting against the queen so she could reign instead.

King Maha Vajiralongkorn on Monday stripped Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi, 34, of all her royal title and military rank for disloyalty, Channel News Asia and the BBC reported, citing the palace.

The 67-year-old king had bestowed on Wongvajirapakdi the title of royal noble consort in July in a ceremony attended by Queen Suthida, whom the king had married just two months earlier.

The role of the royal noble consort is to be the king’s spouse or companion. Wongvajirapakdi, believed to be one of the king’s longtime girlfriends, was the first person to receive that title since 1921.

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According to the palace's statement, translated from Thai by the Channel News Asia correspondent Pichayada Promchertchoo, Wongvajirapakdi had tried to stop the king from marrying Suthida in May because she wanted to be queen herself.

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The Thai king had tried to ease tensions between Wongvajirapakdi and Suthida after the marriage by giving Wongvajirapakdi the title of royal consort - an approach that appears not to have worked.

Despite her new rank in the royal court, Wongvajirapakdi "did everything to make herself equal to Queen Suthida" by showing disobedience to the royal couple and giving commands and claiming that the king had told her to do so, Promchertchoo said, paraphrasing the palace.

The palace's official announcement described Wongvajirapakdi as "ambitious" and "disrespectful," the BBC reported.

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Wongvajirapakdi, a former army nurse, grabbed international attention in August when official photos showed her firing an assault rifle and flying a plane in a crop top.

The photos also offered a rare glimpse into royal life in Thailand. The country has strict laws forbidding people to insult, defame, or threaten any member of the royal family, so relatively little is known about the king and how he lives.