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Yannuch and her father haven’t spoken for months.
The pair were never that close, but ever since the 25-year-old joined the youth movement in Thailand calling for sweeping democratic reforms, her father has disowned her.
Their feud erupted in September after Yannuch, who lives in Chiang Mai away from her parents, posted comments on Facebook questioning the role of the monarchy.
Like the thousands of other young people who have taken the unprecedented step of criticising the royal institution in recent months, she had broken a centuries-old cultural taboo, and her father was furious.