Born as the third son and fourth child of then Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn, he fled Thailand after being banished in 1996 along with his brothers and mother.
[4] Doing their time in Thailand, they grew up at the Royal Palace, but were educated in the United Kingdom and attended Sunningdale prep school and Pangbourne College, both in Berkshire.
[2][5] In 1996, Vajiralongkorn accused Sujarinee of adultery and exiled her and her sons from Thailand, with Chakriwat and his brothers being stripped of their titles.
In 1998 at age 15, he co-signed a letter with his brothers where they accused their father of "trying to erase memories of us" and that he never loved their mother and would force them outside of their house "every time he found another woman".
[6] In 1996, the United States granted them political asylum and were given passports, enabling Chakriwat to continue living in New York.