A grandson of King Bhumibol Adulyadej was among those killed when tidal waves smashed into southern Thailand, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said Monday. He said the body of Bhumi Jensen, 21, was found at the resort of Khao Lak in Phang Nga province about one hundred metres (yards) away from where he was last seen jet-skiing before the waves hit on Sunday.
"It's a national tragedy," said a grim-faced Thaksin. The monarchy is revered in Thailand.
He said two men with the crown prince at the time were still missing while Bhumi's aide de camp survived.
Bhumi is the son of Princess Ubolratana and her estranged American husband Peter Jensen. He was holidaying with his mother at the time but she was safe.
At least 839 people are confirmed dead in southern Thailand after the tidal waves hit on Sunday, the interior ministry said. Former finance and commerce minister Borom Tantian is among them, newspapers reported.
The Nation said Borom was swept away by a 10-metre-high (33 foot) wave as he was getting out of his car outside the Palm Andaman Beach Resort in Phang Nga north of Phuket.
His daughter Kantawan Kulchanyawiwat, an MP for the Democrat party, suffered a broken arm while her youngest son, aged three, was swept away.
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