The American wife of the estranged Thai royal family has been spotted leaving her New York home with her daughters as her husband faces loss of the throne through marriage.
On Tuesday, Elisa Garafano, wearing sunglasses, a tan coat, a black top and black pants underneath, left her brick home in Mount Vernon with a cup of coffee to avoid the gloomy weather. He was seen walking and looked elegant.
The mother of two had her young daughters carrying several large trash bags behind her.
The sightings reveal that she and her husband Vacharasong Vivacharawongse, the long-estranged son of Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn, are planning a divorce to reopen the door for succession. It was held a few days later.
However, Vivacharawonse, 42, is said to have personally pledged allegiance to his small family. According to the Daily Beastand they called off the divorce.
Garafano has reportedly told her children that she wants them to be recognized as royalty, but her husband is said to have told everyone he is divorcing.
“He very much wants to keep that fact and the fact of the children secret because it affects his ambitions to win the throne,” a source told The Daily Beast. Ta.
Another source said: “Wach and Elisa were openly married for years, but when he started competing for the throne, they started trying to hide it and have now announced on social media that they are divorced.” “I’ve told people in public comments as well.” ”
A source confirmed to the magazine that the two are still legally married.
Thailand’s Throne Succession Act states that if a royal descendant “marries a foreign spouse,” he or she will be “excluded from the line of succession to the throne.”
Vivacharawongse is one of four sons born to the king and former actress Sujalini Vivacharawongse. The couple divorced in 1996 and she moved abroad with her children.
Vivacharawongse’s father ascended the throne in 2016 at the age of 64, and his youngest daughter was given the title of Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana.
The king’s four sons are estranged from their families and do not hold titles.
Vivacharawongse returned to Thailand last year for the first time in 27 years, amid growing urgency to secure a succession plan for the royal family.
