Thailand's Queen Sirikit, 86, admitted to hospital with flu

Thailand’s Queen Sirikit is being treated in a hospital for the flu.

The Royal Palace said Monday she was admitted to Chulalongkorn Hospital on Sunday with a fever and a cough and received medication. She was recovering but remains hospitalized on the recommendation of her doctors.

The mother of King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun turned 86 on Aug. 12.

Sirikit has been in ill health for several years. She is the widow of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died in 2016.