1.   Also suspected was Uthet Chupwa, a chestnut vendor with whom she had been having an affair, and once ran away with.

2.   Look Pla ran away with the chestnut vendor last year.

3.   Police have not ruled out suicide, but many Thais believe Look Pla may have poisoned the prince because he opposed her affair with the chestnut vendor.

4.   The prince allowed the chestnut vendor to regularly visit her at the palace, on condition they remained only friends.

5.   Gold decorations and jewellery will also figure prominently in the celebrations on the one-kilometer stretch of road lined with roasted chestnut vendors and restaurants serving Chinese delicacies.