Thai electionThai princess attends Thaksin family wedding ahead of vote
Ousted premier's allies lead polls but election is unlikely to produce majority
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, right, welcomes Princess Ubolratana to his daughter's wedding in Hong Kong on March 22. © AP
MARIMI KISHIMOTO and HIROSHI KOTANI, Nikkei staff writer
BANGKOK/HONG KONG -- The Thai princess who caused a splash when she was briefly nominated as a candidate for prime minister attended the wedding of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's daughter in Hong Kong on Friday, just as Thailand readies for its first election since the military took power in 2014.