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Death and funeral of Bhumibol Adulyadej

April 10, 2024

King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand died at the age of 88 on 13 October 2016 (B.E. 2559), after a long illness. A year-long period of mourning was subsequently announced. A royal cremation ceremony took place over five days at the end of October 2017. The actual cremation, which was not broadcast on television, was held in the late evening of 26 October 2017.[1] Following cremation his remains and ashes were taken to the Grand Palace and were enshrined at the Chakri Maha Phasat Throne Hall (royal remains), the Royal Cemetery at Wat Ratchabophit and the Wat Bowonniwet Vihara Royal Temple (royal ashes). Following burial, the mourning period officially ended on midnight of 30 October 2017 and Thais resumed wearing colors other than black in public.

Death and funeral of Bhumibol Adulyadej
The royal urn of the King Bhumibol Adulyadej, being transported upon the Golden Palanquin with Three Poles (Phra Yannamas Sam Lam Khan), in the first procession of the king's royal cremation ceremony on 26 October 2017
Date
  • 13 October 2016 (2016-10-13), at 15:52 (ICT)
  • (death)
  • 14 October 2016 (2016-10-14)
  • (bathing rite)
  • 19 October 2016 (2016-10-19)
  • (ceremony to mark 7 days of the passing)
  • 27 October 2016 (2016-10-27)
  • (ceremony to mark 15 days of the passing)
  • 1 December 2016 (2016-12-01)
  • (ceremony to mark 50 days of the passing)
  • 20 January 2017 (2017-01-20)
  • (ceremony to mark 100 days of the passing)
  • 13 October 2017 (2017-10-13)
  • (annual anniversary of the passing service)
  • 26 October 2017 (2017-10-26)
  • (cremation)
  • 28 October 2017 (2017-10-28)
  • (royal relics and ashes service of merit)
Location
ParticipantsThai Royal Family

Illness and death edit

External videos
 
  Announcement of the death of the King on the Television Pool of Thailand

King Bhumibol Adulyadej had been treated at Siriraj Hospital since 3 October 2014.[2] The king had a high fever due to sepsis, which improved following antibiotics treatment.[3] Until 28 September 2016, King Bhumibol developed a low grade fever as a consequence of pneumonitis and required further treatment with antibiotics. The king subsequently developed organ failure owing to hypotension and became dependent on hemodialysis due to kidney failure. King Bhumibol's condition became significantly unstable due to evolving acute hepatitis.[4]

The king died at Siriraj Hospital on 13 October 2016 at 15:52 local time. The Bureau of the Royal Household officially announced his death at 18:45, less than 3 hours after the actual time of his passing, although Scottish journalist and author Andrew MacGregor Marshall reported the death several hours before the official announcement by the royal palace.[5][6][7]

Reactions edit

Main article: Reactions to the death of Bhumibol Adulyadej

Funeral edit

 
Thai national flag flown at half mast at defence ministry building on 28 October 2016

On 14 October 2016, the body of the late king was carried by an autocade from Siriraj Hospital to the Grand Palace. His body left Gate 8 of the hospital around 16:30. As the cortege passed Arun Ammarin Road, Phra Pin Klao Bridge, and Ratchadamnoen Road, crowds of Thais, most clad in black and many openly sobbing, paid homage. Led by Somdej Phra Vanarata (Chun Brahmagutto), the abbot of Wat Bowonniwet Vihara, the autocade entered the palace via Thewaphirom Gate. Upon arrival at the palace, the body was given the bathing rite, presided over by the late king's son, King Vajiralongkorn. The event was live broadcast on television by the television pool of Thailand.[8]

The general public were allowed to take part in a symbolic bathing rite in front of the king's portrait at Sahathai Samakhom Pavilion within the Grand Palace later that day.[9]

Lying in State edit

The king's body lay in state at the Dusit Maha Prasat Throne Hall of the Grand Palace for a period of one year, with daily rites for a period of 100 days. As in the funerals of the king's mother and sister, the king's body was not physically placed in the royal funerary urn (kot) as was customary; instead, the coffin which housed the body was placed behind the pedestal displaying the royal urn.[10] Special rites attended by King Vajiralongkorn were held to mark the 7th, 15th, 50th and 100th days since the king's death. After the 15th day, the public were allowed to pay their respects and attend the lying-in-state in the Grand Palace. By the end of the allowed public attendance on 30 September 2017 (later pushed forward to 5 October the same year), over 12 million people had paid their respects in person, a historic record crowd that, including foreign tourists and expats living in Thailand, broke all-time attendance records[11] and left an estimated 890 million Thai baht in donations for the royal charity activities.[12]

The foreign dignitaries who attended the lying-in-state or paid respect at the Grand Palace were as follows (by order of their visit):

Country Title Dignitary Date
  Bhutan King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck 16 October 2016[13]
Queen of Bhutan Jetsun Pema
  Bahrain Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa 18 October 2016[14]
  Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong[15] 21 October 2016
  Maldives Special Envoy of the President Mohamed Saeed[16]
  Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak[17] 22 October 2016
  Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen[18]
Deputy Prime Minister Tea Banh [citation needed]
  China Special Envoy of the President Li Yuanchao[citation needed]
  Laos Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith[19] 24 October 2016
  Singapore President Tony Tan[20]
  Indonesia President Joko Widodo[21] 25 October 2016
  Gambia Special Envoy of the President Bala Garba Jahumpa [citation needed]
  Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc 28 October 2016[22]
  Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena 30 October 2016[23]
  Lesotho King of Lesotho Letsie III 2 November 2016[24]
  Myanmar President Htin Kyaw[25] 9 November 2016
  Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte[26]
  Belgium Special Envoy of the King Nicolas Nihon
  India Prime Minister Narendra Modi 10 November 2016[27]
  Bangladesh Special Envoy of the President Tarana Halim[28] 15 November 2016
  Tonga Crown Prince of Tonga Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala
  Timor Leste Special Envoy of the President Hernâni Coelho 16 November 2016[citation needed]
  Russia Special Envoy of the President Andrey Klishas 30 November 2016
  Bhutan Queen Grandmother of Bhutan Kesang Choden 20 December 2016
Princess of Bhutan Pema Lhaden
  Japan Emperor of Japan Akihito 5 March 2017[29]
Empress of Japan Michiko
  Bahrain King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa 5 May 2017
    Nepal President Bidhya Devi Bhandari 12 May 2017
  Lithuania President Dalia Grybauskaitė 14 May 2017
  Chile Special Envoy of the President Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle 1 June 2017
  New Zealand Minister of Trade Todd McClay 24 July 2017
  Australia Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop 3 August 2017
  Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam 4 August 2017
  United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson 8 August 2017[30]
  Tonga King of Tonga Tupou VI 27 September 2017
Queen of Tonga Nanasipauʻu Tukuʻaho
  Bhutan Queen Mother of Bhutan Tshering Yangdon 6 October 2017
Sangay Choden

Special nationwide services in all Buddhist temples together with a general 100th day memorial service were held to mark the 100 day mark since his death on 20 January 2017 with King Vajiralongkorn presiding over the national service.[31]

On 28 February 2017, a special Royal Kong Tek Chinese Buddhist ceremony was held, presided by King Vajiralongkorn at the Dusit Maha Prasat Throne Hall and was led by monks from the Thai Teochew Chinese Buddhist community in the Bangkok area. The service was in keeping with Chinese Buddhist rites and customs regarding the dead. The Kong Tek ceremony was a Buddhist religious ceremony unique to the Chinese wherein the deceased, together with his personal effects and clothing, was transferred ceremonially to the next life, with special prayers and chants sung by monks. The event was unprecedented since it was the first time such a ritual was held for any member of the Thai royal family in an official capacity.[32]

Cremation edit

 
The Royal Crematorium (Phra Merumas (Golden Crematorium))[33]
 
The Royal Crematorium (Phra Merumas (Golden Crematorium))[33] during construction, as seen on 27 April 2017.
 
 
 
 
Renovation of chariots and palanquins in April 2017 at the Bangkok National Museum for the funeral processions in October 2017.

The public square Sanam Luang used as the cremation ground, where the construction of an elaborate, temporary crematorium was started in early 2017 and took only 8 months to complete.[34] The government granted one billion baht, deducted from central budget, to cover the construction.[35] Once the cremation is over, the crematorium opens for public visits for a month before being torn down in January 2018.[36]

Designs for the cremation complex were officially unveiled on 28 October 2016, and a special ceremony was held on 19 December for the royal funeral chariots to be used at the Bangkok National Museum.[37][38][39] The construction work for the complex officially commenced on 27 February 2017 with the building of the central column with a September target completion date.[40][41] The crematorium was the biggest, largest and tallest yet since the state cremation rites for King Rama V (Chulalongkorn) in 1911.[42]

On 19 November the Ministry of Culture's Fine Arts Department head Anant Chuchote visited Nakhon Pathom, where the royal funeral urns have been manufactured for centuries out of old sandalwood trees. He asked for public support and assistance for the making of the royal urn alongside 150 artisans from the Traditional Arts Office.[43] The department issued a job hiring call in the middle of January 2017 for prospective workers in the Sanam Luang royal crematorium complex and for the needed chariot repair and upgrading works.[44]

As of 12 February 2017, the government pavilion and the Buddhist chapel were under construction. Concurrently, the Royal Thai Army began manufacturing a new royal cannon chariot for the state cremation ceremonies, a first after many years, timed to be completed in April 2017 for delivery to the Fine Arts Department of the Ministry of Culture.[45] The designs of the buildings combine both Thai traditional and modern building design and construction methods.[46]

The construction process for the royal crematorium (Phra Merumas (Golden Crematorium))[33] itself commenced with due ceremony on the morning of 27 February 2017 in the Sanam Luang Plaza, in the presence of the Prime Minister of Thailand Gen (ret) Prayut Chan-o-cha. At the right moment, the central steel beam of the building was hoisted using a crane towards its spot in the plaza worksite after a Brahmin blessing was bestowed on it.[47]

By 1 April, the crematorium complex area had seen construction work faster than the usual practice for royal cremations, with all buildings in the middle of the construction phrase earlier than expected. The FAD had also been tasked to undergo a major design remodeling for the main royal urn to be used in the ceremonies and an October date is expected to be chosen for the events.[48][49] The cannon chariot which was based on those used in British state and royal funerals was officially finished by the end of the month and delivered to the FAD so that the decoration process can begin in time for their debut in the funeral events later in the year.[50]

The national cremation in the Sanam Luang Plaza took place on 26 October 2017, 13 days after the 1st anniversary of the King's death. Just as in past state cremations since 1995, a special Khon performance was held in the plaza grounds, organized by The Foundation of the Promotion of Supplementary Occupations and Related Techniques of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit of Thailand (SUPPORT) and the Bunditphatthanasilpa Institute.[51] Given the huge importance of such an event, the official practice runs for this began as early as 15–16 May with the RTA Ordnance Division spearheading the runs simulating the funeral procession of the major chariots at Saraburi province, with two military vehicles to serve as simulators.[52] For the royal puppet show, it was the first ever to feature a woman performer in keeping with the modern age - Ancharika Noosingha, 43 years old, who was the first female royal puppeteer in history, keeping a historic tradition from the Ayutthaya period.[53] The Fine Arts Department Royal Music and Drama Office organized the puppet play and its personnel form part of the cast who will perform on the cremation night.

The Nation reported on 11 May that the funeral crematorium and the monastic pavilion are almost ready for an early completion, the fastest yet for royal funerals in the modern era, and the prefabrication processes for the decorations to be used in the buildings are at the final stage.[54] At the same time, the sandalwood corn flowers used for state funerals were made to be used by citizens and foreign attendants attending the services, as the kalamet flowers, protected by law, will only be used in the royal crematorium.[55] The practice of making flowers from corn leaves, through, was a modern practice which began in 1925 during the state funeral of King Vajiravudh (Rama VI).

As of 24 September more than 5,500 people signed up to volunteer to serve during the cremation days.[56] To encourage greater public participation, several Thai provincial capitals had been building replica crematoriums to serve people who cannot be in Bangkok to pay their last respects on the cremation date[57] while both the public and tourists joining the events rode the Bangkok MRT system and the BTS Skytrain lines during the cremation days free of charge, as well as on the public ferries at Khlong Phadung Krung Kasem (Hua Lamphong-Thewarat Market) and Khlong Pasicharoen (Phetchkasem 69-Pratunam Pasicharoen) and the Bangkok BRT.[58] The Ministry of Public Health was expected to deploy huge numbers of medical personnel to serve the public and foreign visitors during these days and provide medical assistance.[59] While social media live reports are prohibited for the TV networks (which broadcast the bilingual coverage of the events via the state Television Pool of Thailand and was aired via satellite and streamed worldwide online in both English and Thai via the official funeral webpage, the RTA Thai Global Network, NBT World and the YouTube channel of Thai PBS, the first time this has ever been done), people will still post live feeds but with difficulty and the national and international press have been given a special media center at the Thammasat University.[60]

In early August, plans were finalized to open the cremation site for public and tourist visitation after the cremation ceremonies.[61]

Timeline of the royal cremation edit

  • 15 May to 29 September - Practice runs for the chariot carriers, drivers and rope holders in Saraburi and later in Bangkok
  • 23 May - 1st Service of Holy Merit at the Royal Plaza, Bangkok
  • 9 June - 2nd Service of Holy Merit at the Royal Plaza, Bangkok
  • 22 August - 3rd Service of Holy Merit at the Royal Plaza, Bangkok
  • 21 September - National rededication ceremonies for the royal funeral carriages at the Bangkok National Museum[62]
  • 5 October- Final day for public visitation to the Royal Urn and coffin at the Dusit Maha Phasat Throne Hall of the Grand Palace, Bangkok[63]
  • 7 October - 1st General practice run of the funeral procession in Bangkok (from the Grand Palace to the Sanam Luang Royal Plaza)
  • 13 October - National remembrance services in honor of the 1st anniversary of the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX).
  • 15 October - 2nd General practice run of the funeral procession in Bangkok
  • 18 October - The ceremonial installation of the Royal Nine-Tiered Umbrella over the royal crematorium by King Vajiralongkorn (Rama X)[64]
  • 21 October - 3rd general practice run of the funeral procession in Bangkok
  • 22 October - 4th and final practice run of the funeral procession in Bangkok and final practice run for the cremation services
  • 25 October
    • 15:01 (UTC+07:00): Final afternoon and night vigil services before the Royal Urn and Coffin at the Dusit Maha Phasat Throne Hall of the Grand Palace, Bangkok[65]
  • 26 October - National cremation services
    • 07:00: Morning services of merit and farewell ceremony of the Royal Urn and Coffin
    • 09:00 - 14:00: Funeral procession from the Dusit Maha Phasat Throne Hall to the Royal Crematorium at the Sanam Luang Royal Plaza
    • 16:45: Afternoon memorial merit service
    • 17:30: Ceremonial first lighting of the funeral pyre and final honours by the 3rd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, King's Own Bodyguard and the 1st Artillery Battalion, King's Guard on behalf of the Royal Thai Armed Forces (three-volley salute and 21-gun salute)[66]
    • 22:00: Royal cremation proper and outdoor Khon and Nang yai performances, puppet show, musical concert and ballet performance starting at 1800h[67][68][69]
      • Note: The cremation itself was not broadcast on the Television Pool, nor even was it live streamed as well online, only a press statement released, although the cremation was recorded by mourners and subsequently uploaded on YouTube and Facebook hours after.[70]
  • 27 October: Day of the removal of the royal ashes and relics
    • 07:00: Removal of the royal ashes and relics from the crematorium followed by a breakfast service
    • 08:30: Royal procession of the transfer of the royal ashes and relics to the Dusit Maha Phasat Throne Hall of the Grand Palace and the Temple of the Emerald Buddha
  • 28 October
    • 17:30: Final service of merit before the royal relics and ashes and dinner
  • 29 October - Official final day of the mourning period
    • 09:00: Morning service of merit followed by breakfast
    • 11:00: Departure honors of the royal relics and remains and procession
    • 11:35: Ceremony of interment of the royal relics to the Heavenly Abode Room, Chakri Maha Prasat Throne Hall of the Grand Palace
    • 16:00: Departure honors of the royal ashes
    • 17:40: Interment service of the royal ashes at the Royal Cemetery at Wat Ratchabophit followed by a procession to the Wat Bowonniwet Vihara Royal Temple and a final memorial interment service

Broadcast schedule for the Television Pool of Thailand edit

was livestreamed both in Thai and English via the official funeral website and FB page, NBT World and the Thai PBS and Channel 9 MCOT HD YouTube pages

  • Wednesday, 25 October
    • 14:00 (UTC+07:00): Official beginning of the marathon bilingual coverage
    • 15:01: Final afternoon and night vigil services before the Royal Urn and Coffin at the Dusit Maha Phasat Throne Hall of the Grand Palace, Bangkok
  • Thursday, 26 October
    • 07:00: Morning services of merit and farewell ceremony of the Royal Urn and Coffin
    • 09:00 - 11:30: Funeral procession from the Dusit Maha Phasat Throne Hall to the Royal Crematorium at the Sanam Luang Royal Plaza
    • 16:50: Afternoon memorial merit service
    • 17:31: Ceremonial first lighting of the funeral pyre and final honours by the 3rd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, King's Own Bodyguard and the 1st Artillery Battalion, King's Guard on behalf of the Royal Thai Armed Forces (three-volley salute and 21-gun salute)
    • 18:00: Outdoor Khon and Nang yai performances, puppet show, musical concert and ballet performance
      • Spilt coverage across all channels and online:[71]
        • Outdoor Khon and Nang yai performances: Channel 9 MCOT HD, RTA Channel 5 and Thai Global Network, TNN24, Spring News, Voice TV, Nation TV, Amarin TV and PPTV
        • Puppet show and Lakhon nai: Channel 3, Thai PBS and Thai PBS YouTube, Thairath TV, New TV, Workpoint, Now26, True4u and Thai Parliament Television
        • Musical concert and ballet: NBT and NBT World, Channel 7, Channel 8, Mono TV, One Channel, GMM25 and Bright TV
    • 22:01: Royal cremation proper
      (As stated earlier, not broadcast by the Television Pool nor live streamed)
  • Friday, 27 October
    • 07:00: Removal of the royal ashes and relics from the crematorium followed by a breakfast service
    • 08:30: Royal procession of the transfer of the royal ashes and relics to the Dusit Maha Phasat Throne Hall of the Grand Palace and the Temple of the Emerald Buddha
  • Saturday, 28 October
    • 17:00: Final service of merit before the royal relics and ashes and dinner
  • Sunday, 29 October - Official final day of the mourning period
    • 09:00: Morning service of merit followed by breakfast
    • 11:00: Departure honors of the royal relics and remains and procession
    • 11:35: Ceremony of interment of the royal relics to the Heavenly Abode Room, Chakri Maha Prasat Throne Hall of the Grand Palace
    • 16:00: Departure honors of the royal ashes
    • 17:40: Interment service of the royal ashes at the Royal Cemetery at Wat Ratchabophit followed by a procession to the Wat Bowonniwet Vihara Royal Temple and a final memorial interment service

Full order of the funeral procession towards Sanam Luang edit

From the Deva Phirom gate towards the southeastern end of the Grand Palace walls edit

From the Wat Pho Temple to the Royal Crematorium at the Sanam Luang Royal Plaza edit

  • Two cavalry troopers from the Royal Thai Police
  • 1st Massed military bands of the 1st Division, King's Guard, First Army, RTA
    • Band of the 1st Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, King's Own Bodyguard
    • Band of the 3rd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, King's Own Bodyguard
    • Band of the 1st Battalion, 11th Infantry Regiment, King's Guard
    • Regimental Band of the Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy
  • Parade commander and staff
  • 1st Guards Regiment (Cadets)
  • Prakhom band from the Bureau of the Royal Household and 4 Court Brahmins from Devasathan Temple
  • Royal horses and their handlers
  • The Supreme Patriarch's Minor Royal Carriage (Ratcharoth Noi) carrying the designated representative of Ariyavongsagatanana IX, the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand, carried by 74 RTA servicemen and escorted by 16 fan holders, 8 on each side
  • Royal regalia and flower bearers
  • Gen (Rtd) Prayut Chan-o-cha, RTA, the Prime Minister of Thailand and representatives of the national royal funeral committee, and Gen Thanchaiyan Srisuwan, RTA, the Chief of Defence Forces
  • Standard bearer of the Royal Flag of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX)
  • The Grand Royal Funeral Carriage/Royal Great Victory Carriage (Phra Maha Phichai Ratcharoth) carrying the symbolic Royal Urn, pulled by 216 servicemen of the RTA and escorted by 48 Royal Guards and 16 pole bearers carrying gold and silver flower offerings, 8 on each side of the wheeled chariot
  • Delegation of the Royal Family of Thailand escorted by personnel of the 1st Infantry Regiment, King's Own Bodyguard
    • Royal Standard Bearers
    • King Maha Vajiralongkorn (Rama X)
    • Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, the Princess Royal
    • Princess Bajrakitiyabha
    • Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana
    • Royal pages and assistants to the Royal Family
    • Chirayu Isarangkun Na Ayuthaya, Lord Chamberlain of the Royal Family and Household of Thailand
    • Other officials of the BRH
  • 2nd Massed military bands of the 1st Division, King's Guard, First Army, RTA
  • Representatives of schools and business establishments with royal patronage and of the late King's royal projects
  • 2nd Guards Regiment
    • 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, King's Own Bodyguard
    • 5th Battalion, 11th Infantry Regiment, King's Guard

Procession circumbulating Royal Crematorium at Sanam Luang edit

Guests edit

Thai Royal Family edit

Mourning edit

 
King's portrait displayed at Sanam Luang for public mourning
 
Thai people wait to pay homage to the King's body which lay in state at Phra Thinang Dusit Maha Prasat.
 
Thai national flag flown at half mast at Assumption College Bangkok during the mourning of King Bhumibol

The government declared a year-long mourning period for Bhumibol. Citizens were asked to refrain from participating in "joyful events" and entertainment for 30 days following his death; as a result, a number of events, including sports (such as the Thai League football season, which ended entirely),[72] were cancelled or postponed. Entertainment outlets such as cinemas, nightclubs and theatres announced that they would shut down or operate under reduced hours during this period.[73][74][75] The mourning period prompted concerns from Thailand's tourism industry, which felt that the mood of the country, as well as the cancelled events, would reduce interest in visiting Thailand.[74]

Upon the announcement of his death, all television channels suspended regular programming and simulcast special programmes from the television pool of Thailand, which consisted of videos and photos of Bhumibol, and coverage of royal events. International channels were blacked out and replaced by this programming, and all programming during this time was carried exclusively in monochrome. Following the funeral procession on 14 October 2016, the channels continued to air the pooled tribute content until midnight local time, after which they were allowed to resume regular programming in colour. However, for the remainder of the 30-day mourning period, all broadcasters were forbidden from broadcasting programmes that featured "any element of entertainment, dancing, joy, violence, impoliteness or overly expressed emotion", nor any non-official information, speculation or criticism related to the deceased King and his successor. Most Thai media outlets and websites switched to greyscale colour schemes as well.[76][77] After a brief return to monochrome for the King's 1st death anniversary on 13 October 2017, colour television broadcasts, with the same restrictions are before, resumed on 19 October the same year.[78]

Out of respect for the mourning, many Thai malls, including all Central Pattana and The Mall Group properties, chose not to install extensive Christmas displays and decorations for the holiday season. Some installed memorials to Bhumibol instead.[79]

Aftermath edit

Since the death of the king, ultra-royalists in Thailand have criticized and harassed those who did not wear mourning black.[80] They also subjected to witch-hunts people whom they accused of disrespecting the deceased monarch. On 14 October 2016, angry ultra-royalist groups in Phuket Province thronged the residence of a man who posted on social media a number of comments which they thought offensive to the late king and violated the lèse-majesté law, despite the local police having declared that the comments were not in breach of the law. The groups dispersed after the police agreed to prosecute the man for the crime of lèse-majesté.[81][82] Similar incidents happened on the following day in Phang Nga Province.[80]

In November 2016, Nangrong School in Buriram Province seized colourful winter jackets from students and required them to wear those in mourning colours only. The students were reportedly distressed to lose their jackets due to the cold weather, and many did not own multiple warm articles of clothing.[83]

On 28 November, the director of a public school in Ranong Province was removed from office for not wearing mourning black on her first day at work.[84]

The National Council for Peace and Order, the junta ruling Thailand, also announced after the death of Bhumibol that it will hunt down lèse-majesté fugitives.[85]

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  • Head, Jonathan (16 October 2016). "Thai king's death: Who holds power now?". BBC. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  • . Death-notices.co.uk. London: Interpress. 17 October 2016. Archived from the original on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  • The Committee on Public Relations for the Royal Cremation of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej (2017). Media Guide: Royal Cremation of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej 25–29 October 2017.
 
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King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand died at the age of 88 on 13 October 2016 B E 2559 after a long illness A year long period of mourning was subsequently announced A royal cremation ceremony took place over five days at the end of October 2017 The actual cremation which was not broadcast on television was held in the late evening of 26 October 2017 1 Following cremation his remains and ashes were taken to the Grand Palace and were enshrined at the Chakri Maha Phasat Throne Hall royal remains the Royal Cemetery at Wat Ratchabophit and the Wat Bowonniwet Vihara Royal Temple royal ashes Following burial the mourning period officially ended on midnight of 30 October 2017 and Thais resumed wearing colors other than black in public Death and funeral of Bhumibol AdulyadejThe royal urn of the King Bhumibol Adulyadej being transported upon the Golden Palanquin with Three Poles Phra Yannamas Sam Lam Khan in the first procession of the king s royal cremation ceremony on 26 October 2017Date13 October 2016 2016 10 13 at 15 52 ICT death 14 October 2016 2016 10 14 bathing rite 19 October 2016 2016 10 19 ceremony to mark 7 days of the passing 27 October 2016 2016 10 27 ceremony to mark 15 days of the passing 1 December 2016 2016 12 01 ceremony to mark 50 days of the passing 20 January 2017 2017 01 20 ceremony to mark 100 days of the passing 13 October 2017 2017 10 13 annual anniversary of the passing service 26 October 2017 2017 10 26 cremation 28 October 2017 2017 10 28 royal relics and ashes service of merit LocationSiriraj Hospital death Phiman Rattaya Hall Grand Palace bathing rite Dusit Maha Prasat Throne Hall Grand Palace funeral Royal Crematorium Sanam Luang cremation Phra Si Rattana Chedi Wat Phra Kaew temporarily placed of the royal ashes Chakri Maha Prasat Throne Hall Grand Palace interment of the royal relics Phra Ubosot Wat Ratchabophit interment of the royal ashes Phra Ubosot Wat Bowonniwet Vihara interment of the royal ashes ParticipantsThai Royal Family Contents 1 Illness and death 1 1 Reactions 2 Funeral 2 1 Lying in State 3 Cremation 4 Timeline of the royal cremation 4 1 Broadcast schedule for the Television Pool of Thailand 5 Full order of the funeral procession towards Sanam Luang 5 1 From the Deva Phirom gate towards the southeastern end of the Grand Palace walls 5 2 From the Wat Pho Temple to the Royal Crematorium at the Sanam Luang Royal Plaza 5 3 Procession circumbulating Royal Crematorium at Sanam Luang 6 Guests 6 1 Thai Royal Family 7 Mourning 8 Aftermath 9 References 10 Further readingIllness and death editExternal videos nbsp nbsp Announcement of the death of the King on the Television Pool of ThailandKing Bhumibol Adulyadej had been treated at Siriraj Hospital since 3 October 2014 2 The king had a high fever due to sepsis which improved following antibiotics treatment 3 Until 28 September 2016 King Bhumibol developed a low grade fever as a consequence of pneumonitis and required further treatment with antibiotics The king subsequently developed organ failure owing to hypotension and became dependent on hemodialysis due to kidney failure King Bhumibol s condition became significantly unstable due to evolving acute hepatitis 4 The king died at Siriraj Hospital on 13 October 2016 at 15 52 local time The Bureau of the Royal Household officially announced his death at 18 45 less than 3 hours after the actual time of his passing although Scottish journalist and author Andrew MacGregor Marshall reported the death several hours before the official announcement by the royal palace 5 6 7 Reactions edit Main article Reactions to the death of Bhumibol AdulyadejFuneral edit nbsp Thai national flag flown at half mast at defence ministry building on 28 October 2016On 14 October 2016 the body of the late king was carried by an autocade from Siriraj Hospital to the Grand Palace His body left Gate 8 of the hospital around 16 30 As the cortege passed Arun Ammarin Road Phra Pin Klao Bridge and Ratchadamnoen Road crowds of Thais most clad in black and many openly sobbing paid homage Led by Somdej Phra Vanarata Chun Brahmagutto the abbot of Wat Bowonniwet Vihara the autocade entered the palace via Thewaphirom Gate Upon arrival at the palace the body was given the bathing rite presided over by the late king s son King Vajiralongkorn The event was live broadcast on television by the television pool of Thailand 8 The general public were allowed to take part in a symbolic bathing rite in front of the king s portrait at Sahathai Samakhom Pavilion within the Grand Palace later that day 9 Lying in State edit The king s body lay in state at the Dusit Maha Prasat Throne Hall of the Grand Palace for a period of one year with daily rites for a period of 100 days As in the funerals of the king s mother and sister the king s body was not physically placed in the royal funerary urn kot as was customary instead the coffin which housed the body was placed behind the pedestal displaying the royal urn 10 Special rites attended by King Vajiralongkorn were held to mark the 7th 15th 50th and 100th days since the king s death After the 15th day the public were allowed to pay their respects and attend the lying in state in the Grand Palace By the end of the allowed public attendance on 30 September 2017 later pushed forward to 5 October the same year over 12 million people had paid their respects in person a historic record crowd that including foreign tourists and expats living in Thailand broke all time attendance records 11 and left an estimated 890 million Thai baht in donations for the royal charity activities 12 The foreign dignitaries who attended the lying in state or paid respect at the Grand Palace were as follows by order of their visit Country Title Dignitary Date nbsp Bhutan King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck 16 October 2016 13 Queen of Bhutan Jetsun Pema nbsp Bahrain Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa 18 October 2016 14 nbsp Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong 15 21 October 2016 nbsp Maldives Special Envoy of the President Mohamed Saeed 16 nbsp Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak 17 22 October 2016 nbsp Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen 18 Deputy Prime Minister Tea Banh citation needed nbsp China Special Envoy of the President Li Yuanchao citation needed nbsp Laos Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith 19 24 October 2016 nbsp Singapore President Tony Tan 20 nbsp Indonesia President Joko Widodo 21 25 October 2016 nbsp Gambia Special Envoy of the President Bala Garba Jahumpa citation needed nbsp Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuan Phuc 28 October 2016 22 nbsp Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena 30 October 2016 23 nbsp Lesotho King of Lesotho Letsie III 2 November 2016 24 nbsp Myanmar President Htin Kyaw 25 9 November 2016 nbsp Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte 26 nbsp Belgium Special Envoy of the King Nicolas Nihon nbsp India Prime Minister Narendra Modi 10 November 2016 27 nbsp Bangladesh Special Envoy of the President Tarana Halim 28 15 November 2016 nbsp Tonga Crown Prince of Tonga Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala nbsp Timor Leste Special Envoy of the President Hernani Coelho 16 November 2016 citation needed nbsp Russia Special Envoy of the President Andrey Klishas 30 November 2016 nbsp Bhutan Queen Grandmother of Bhutan Kesang Choden 20 December 2016Princess of Bhutan Pema Lhaden nbsp Japan Emperor of Japan Akihito 5 March 2017 29 Empress of Japan Michiko nbsp Bahrain King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa 5 May 2017 nbsp Nepal President Bidhya Devi Bhandari 12 May 2017 nbsp Lithuania President Dalia Grybauskaite 14 May 2017 nbsp Chile Special Envoy of the President Eduardo Frei Ruiz Tagle 1 June 2017 nbsp New Zealand Minister of Trade Todd McClay 24 July 2017 nbsp Australia Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop 3 August 2017 nbsp Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam 4 August 2017 nbsp United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson 8 August 2017 30 nbsp Tonga King of Tonga Tupou VI 27 September 2017Queen of Tonga Nanasipauʻu Tukuʻaho nbsp Bhutan Queen Mother of Bhutan Tshering Yangdon 6 October 2017Sangay ChodenSpecial nationwide services in all Buddhist temples together with a general 100th day memorial service were held to mark the 100 day mark since his death on 20 January 2017 with King Vajiralongkorn presiding over the national service 31 On 28 February 2017 a special Royal Kong Tek Chinese Buddhist ceremony was held presided by King Vajiralongkorn at the Dusit Maha Prasat Throne Hall and was led by monks from the Thai Teochew Chinese Buddhist community in the Bangkok area The service was in keeping with Chinese Buddhist rites and customs regarding the dead The Kong Tek ceremony was a Buddhist religious ceremony unique to the Chinese wherein the deceased together with his personal effects and clothing was transferred ceremonially to the next life with special prayers and chants sung by monks The event was unprecedented since it was the first time such a ritual was held for any member of the Thai royal family in an official capacity 32 Cremation edit nbsp The Royal Crematorium Phra Merumas Golden Crematorium 33 nbsp The Royal Crematorium Phra Merumas Golden Crematorium 33 during construction as seen on 27 April 2017 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Renovation of chariots and palanquins in April 2017 at the Bangkok National Museum for the funeral processions in October 2017 The public square Sanam Luang used as the cremation ground where the construction of an elaborate temporary crematorium was started in early 2017 and took only 8 months to complete 34 The government granted one billion baht deducted from central budget to cover the construction 35 Once the cremation is over the crematorium opens for public visits for a month before being torn down in January 2018 36 Designs for the cremation complex were officially unveiled on 28 October 2016 and a special ceremony was held on 19 December for the royal funeral chariots to be used at the Bangkok National Museum 37 38 39 The construction work for the complex officially commenced on 27 February 2017 with the building of the central column with a September target completion date 40 41 The crematorium was the biggest largest and tallest yet since the state cremation rites for King Rama V Chulalongkorn in 1911 42 On 19 November the Ministry of Culture s Fine Arts Department head Anant Chuchote visited Nakhon Pathom where the royal funeral urns have been manufactured for centuries out of old sandalwood trees He asked for public support and assistance for the making of the royal urn alongside 150 artisans from the Traditional Arts Office 43 The department issued a job hiring call in the middle of January 2017 for prospective workers in the Sanam Luang royal crematorium complex and for the needed chariot repair and upgrading works 44 As of 12 February 2017 the government pavilion and the Buddhist chapel were under construction Concurrently the Royal Thai Army began manufacturing a new royal cannon chariot for the state cremation ceremonies a first after many years timed to be completed in April 2017 for delivery to the Fine Arts Department of the Ministry of Culture 45 The designs of the buildings combine both Thai traditional and modern building design and construction methods 46 The construction process for the royal crematorium Phra Merumas Golden Crematorium 33 itself commenced with due ceremony on the morning of 27 February 2017 in the Sanam Luang Plaza in the presence of the Prime Minister of Thailand Gen ret Prayut Chan o cha At the right moment the central steel beam of the building was hoisted using a crane towards its spot in the plaza worksite after a Brahmin blessing was bestowed on it 47 By 1 April the crematorium complex area had seen construction work faster than the usual practice for royal cremations with all buildings in the middle of the construction phrase earlier than expected The FAD had also been tasked to undergo a major design remodeling for the main royal urn to be used in the ceremonies and an October date is expected to be chosen for the events 48 49 The cannon chariot which was based on those used in British state and royal funerals was officially finished by the end of the month and delivered to the FAD so that the decoration process can begin in time for their debut in the funeral events later in the year 50 The national cremation in the Sanam Luang Plaza took place on 26 October 2017 13 days after the 1st anniversary of the King s death Just as in past state cremations since 1995 a special Khon performance was held in the plaza grounds organized by The Foundation of the Promotion of Supplementary Occupations and Related Techniques of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit of Thailand SUPPORT and the Bunditphatthanasilpa Institute 51 Given the huge importance of such an event the official practice runs for this began as early as 15 16 May with the RTA Ordnance Division spearheading the runs simulating the funeral procession of the major chariots at Saraburi province with two military vehicles to serve as simulators 52 For the royal puppet show it was the first ever to feature a woman performer in keeping with the modern age Ancharika Noosingha 43 years old who was the first female royal puppeteer in history keeping a historic tradition from the Ayutthaya period 53 The Fine Arts Department Royal Music and Drama Office organized the puppet play and its personnel form part of the cast who will perform on the cremation night The Nation reported on 11 May that the funeral crematorium and the monastic pavilion are almost ready for an early completion the fastest yet for royal funerals in the modern era and the prefabrication processes for the decorations to be used in the buildings are at the final stage 54 At the same time the sandalwood corn flowers used for state funerals were made to be used by citizens and foreign attendants attending the services as the kalamet flowers protected by law will only be used in the royal crematorium 55 The practice of making flowers from corn leaves through was a modern practice which began in 1925 during the state funeral of King Vajiravudh Rama VI As of 24 September more than 5 500 people signed up to volunteer to serve during the cremation days 56 To encourage greater public participation several Thai provincial capitals had been building replica crematoriums to serve people who cannot be in Bangkok to pay their last respects on the cremation date 57 while both the public and tourists joining the events rode the Bangkok MRT system and the BTS Skytrain lines during the cremation days free of charge as well as on the public ferries at Khlong Phadung Krung Kasem Hua Lamphong Thewarat Market and Khlong Pasicharoen Phetchkasem 69 Pratunam Pasicharoen and the Bangkok BRT 58 The Ministry of Public Health was expected to deploy huge numbers of medical personnel to serve the public and foreign visitors during these days and provide medical assistance 59 While social media live reports are prohibited for the TV networks which broadcast the bilingual coverage of the events via the state Television Pool of Thailand and was aired via satellite and streamed worldwide online in both English and Thai via the official funeral webpage the RTA Thai Global Network NBT World and the YouTube channel of Thai PBS the first time this has ever been done people will still post live feeds but with difficulty and the national and international press have been given a special media center at the Thammasat University 60 In early August plans were finalized to open the cremation site for public and tourist visitation after the cremation ceremonies 61 Timeline of the royal cremation edit15 May to 29 September Practice runs for the chariot carriers drivers and rope holders in Saraburi and later in Bangkok 23 May 1st Service of Holy Merit at the Royal Plaza Bangkok 9 June 2nd Service of Holy Merit at the Royal Plaza Bangkok 22 August 3rd Service of Holy Merit at the Royal Plaza Bangkok 21 September National rededication ceremonies for the royal funeral carriages at the Bangkok National Museum 62 5 October Final day for public visitation to the Royal Urn and coffin at the Dusit Maha Phasat Throne Hall of the Grand Palace Bangkok 63 7 October 1st General practice run of the funeral procession in Bangkok from the Grand Palace to the Sanam Luang Royal Plaza 13 October National remembrance services in honor of the 1st anniversary of the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej Rama IX 15 October 2nd General practice run of the funeral procession in Bangkok 18 October The ceremonial installation of the Royal Nine Tiered Umbrella over the royal crematorium by King Vajiralongkorn Rama X 64 21 October 3rd general practice run of the funeral procession in Bangkok 22 October 4th and final practice run of the funeral procession in Bangkok and final practice run for the cremation services 25 October 15 01 UTC 07 00 Final afternoon and night vigil services before the Royal Urn and Coffin at the Dusit Maha Phasat Throne Hall of the Grand Palace Bangkok 65 26 October National cremation services 07 00 Morning services of merit and farewell ceremony of the Royal Urn and Coffin 09 00 14 00 Funeral procession from the Dusit Maha Phasat Throne Hall to the Royal Crematorium at the Sanam Luang Royal Plaza 16 45 Afternoon memorial merit service 17 30 Ceremonial first lighting of the funeral pyre and final honours by the 3rd Battalion 1st Infantry Regiment King s Own Bodyguard and the 1st Artillery Battalion King s Guard on behalf of the Royal Thai Armed Forces three volley salute and 21 gun salute 66 22 00 Royal cremation proper and outdoor Khon and Nang yai performances puppet show musical concert and ballet performance starting at 1800h 67 68 69 Note The cremation itself was not broadcast on the Television Pool nor even was it live streamed as well online only a press statement released although the cremation was recorded by mourners and subsequently uploaded on YouTube and Facebook hours after 70 27 October Day of the removal of the royal ashes and relics 07 00 Removal of the royal ashes and relics from the crematorium followed by a breakfast service 08 30 Royal procession of the transfer of the royal ashes and relics to the Dusit Maha Phasat Throne Hall of the Grand Palace and the Temple of the Emerald Buddha 28 October 17 30 Final service of merit before the royal relics and ashes and dinner 29 October Official final day of the mourning period 09 00 Morning service of merit followed by breakfast 11 00 Departure honors of the royal relics and remains and procession 11 35 Ceremony of interment of the royal relics to the Heavenly Abode Room Chakri Maha Prasat Throne Hall of the Grand Palace 16 00 Departure honors of the royal ashes 17 40 Interment service of the royal ashes at the Royal Cemetery at Wat Ratchabophit followed by a procession to the Wat Bowonniwet Vihara Royal Temple and a final memorial interment serviceBroadcast schedule for the Television Pool of Thailand edit was livestreamed both in Thai and English via the official funeral website and FB page NBT World and the Thai PBS and Channel 9 MCOT HD YouTube pages Wednesday 25 October 14 00 UTC 07 00 Official beginning of the marathon bilingual coverage 15 01 Final afternoon and night vigil services before the Royal Urn and Coffin at the Dusit Maha Phasat Throne Hall of the Grand Palace Bangkok Thursday 26 October 07 00 Morning services of merit and farewell ceremony of the Royal Urn and Coffin 09 00 11 30 Funeral procession from the Dusit Maha Phasat Throne Hall to the Royal Crematorium at the Sanam Luang Royal Plaza 16 50 Afternoon memorial merit service 17 31 Ceremonial first lighting of the funeral pyre and final honours by the 3rd Battalion 1st Infantry Regiment King s Own Bodyguard and the 1st Artillery Battalion King s Guard on behalf of the Royal Thai Armed Forces three volley salute and 21 gun salute 18 00 Outdoor Khon and Nang yai performances puppet show musical concert and ballet performance Spilt coverage across all channels and online 71 Outdoor Khon and Nang yai performances Channel 9 MCOT HD RTA Channel 5 and Thai Global Network TNN24 Spring News Voice TV Nation TV Amarin TV and PPTV Puppet show and Lakhon nai Channel 3 Thai PBS and Thai PBS YouTube Thairath TV New TV Workpoint Now26 True4u and Thai Parliament Television Musical concert and ballet NBT and NBT World Channel 7 Channel 8 Mono TV One Channel GMM25 and Bright TV 22 01 Royal cremation proper As stated earlier not broadcast by the Television Pool nor live streamed Friday 27 October 07 00 Removal of the royal ashes and relics from the crematorium followed by a breakfast service 08 30 Royal procession of the transfer of the royal ashes and relics to the Dusit Maha Phasat Throne Hall of the Grand Palace and the Temple of the Emerald Buddha Saturday 28 October 17 00 Final service of merit before the royal relics and ashes and dinner Sunday 29 October Official final day of the mourning period 09 00 Morning service of merit followed by breakfast 11 00 Departure honors of the royal relics and remains and procession 11 35 Ceremony of interment of the royal relics to the Heavenly Abode Room Chakri Maha Prasat Throne Hall of the Grand Palace 16 00 Departure honors of the royal ashes 17 40 Interment service of the royal ashes at the Royal Cemetery at Wat Ratchabophit followed by a procession to the Wat Bowonniwet Vihara Royal Temple and a final memorial interment serviceFull order of the funeral procession towards Sanam Luang editFrom the Deva Phirom gate towards the southeastern end of the Grand Palace walls edit Two cavalry troopers from the Royal Thai Police Prakhom band from the Bureau of the Royal Household and 4 Court Brahmins from Devasathan Temple Clapper Gen Rtd Prayut Chan o cha RTA the Prime Minister of Thailand and representatives of the national royal funeral committee and Gen Thanchaiyan Srisuwan RTA the Chief of Defence Forces Parade commander and staff The Royal Funeral Palanquin Phra Saliang Kleebbua carrying the designated representative of Ariyavongsagatanana IX the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand carried by 16 servicemen of the Royal Thai Army Royal regalia and flower bearers Standard bearer of the Royal Flag of King Bhumibol Adulyadej Rama IX The Triple Poled Royal Funeral Palanquin Carriage Phra Yannamat Sam Lam Khan carrying the symbolic Royal Urn handled by 60 servicemen of the RTA and escorted by 48 Royal Guards and 16 pole bearers carrying gold and silver flower offerings 8 on each side of the palanquin Delegation of the Royal Family of Thailand escorted by personnel of the 1st Infantry Regiment King s Own Bodyguard Royal Standard Bearers The War Flags of Garuda and Hanuman King Maha Vajiralongkorn Rama X Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn the Princess Royal Princess Bajrakitiyabha Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana Prince Dipangkorn Rasmijoti Royal pages and assistants to the Royal Family Chirayu Isarangkun Na Ayuthaya Lord Chamberlain of the Royal Family and Household of Thailand Massed military bands of the 1st Division King s Guard First Army RTAFrom the Wat Pho Temple to the Royal Crematorium at the Sanam Luang Royal Plaza edit Two cavalry troopers from the Royal Thai Police 1st Massed military bands of the 1st Division King s Guard First Army RTA Band of the 1st Battalion 1st Infantry Regiment King s Own Bodyguard Band of the 3rd Battalion 1st Infantry Regiment King s Own Bodyguard Band of the 1st Battalion 11th Infantry Regiment King s Guard Regimental Band of the Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy Parade commander and staff 1st Guards Regiment Cadets 1st Battalion Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy Cadet Regiment King s Guard Cadet students of the Royal Military Academy 1st Battalion Naval Cadet Regiment King s Guard Cadet students of the Royal Naval Academy 1st Squadron Air Cadet Regiment King s Guard Cadet students of the Royal Air Force Academy Prakhom band from the Bureau of the Royal Household and 4 Court Brahmins from Devasathan Temple Royal horses and their handlers The Supreme Patriarch s Minor Royal Carriage Ratcharoth Noi carrying the designated representative of Ariyavongsagatanana IX the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand carried by 74 RTA servicemen and escorted by 16 fan holders 8 on each side Royal regalia and flower bearers Gen Rtd Prayut Chan o cha RTA the Prime Minister of Thailand and representatives of the national royal funeral committee and Gen Thanchaiyan Srisuwan RTA the Chief of Defence Forces Standard bearer of the Royal Flag of King Bhumibol Adulyadej Rama IX The Grand Royal Funeral Carriage Royal Great Victory Carriage Phra Maha Phichai Ratcharoth carrying the symbolic Royal Urn pulled by 216 servicemen of the RTA and escorted by 48 Royal Guards and 16 pole bearers carrying gold and silver flower offerings 8 on each side of the wheeled chariot Delegation of the Royal Family of Thailand escorted by personnel of the 1st Infantry Regiment King s Own Bodyguard Royal Standard Bearers King Maha Vajiralongkorn Rama X Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn the Princess Royal Princess Bajrakitiyabha Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana Royal pages and assistants to the Royal Family Chirayu Isarangkun Na Ayuthaya Lord Chamberlain of the Royal Family and Household of Thailand Other officials of the BRH 2nd Massed military bands of the 1st Division King s Guard First Army RTA Representatives of schools and business establishments with royal patronage and of the late King s royal projects 2nd Guards Regiment 2nd Battalion 1st Infantry Regiment King s Own Bodyguard 5th Battalion 11th Infantry Regiment King s GuardProcession circumbulating Royal Crematorium at Sanam Luang edit Prakhom band from the Bureau of the Royal Household and 4 Court Brahmins from Devasathan Temple Clapper Gen Rtd Prayut Chan o cha RTA the Prime Minister of Thailand and representatives of the national royal funeral committee and Gen Thanchaiyan Srisuwan RTA the Chief of Defence Forces Parade commander and staff The Royal Funeral Palanquin Phra Saliang Kleebbua carrying the designated representative of Ariyavongsagatanana IX the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand carried by 16 servicemen of the Royal Thai Army Royal regalia and flower bearers Standard bearer of the Royal Flag of King Bhumibol Adulyadej Rama IX The Royal Funeral Gun Carriage Rajarot Puen Yai carrying the symbolic Royal Urn handled by 60 servicemen of the RTA and escorted by 48 Royal Guards and 16 pole bearers carrying gold and silver flower offerings 8 on each side of the gun carriage Delegation of the Royal Family of Thailand escorted by personnel of the 1st Infantry Regiment King s Own Bodyguard Royal Standard Bearers The War Flags of Garuda and Hanuman King Maha Vajiralongkorn Rama X Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn the Princess Royal Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya Princess Soamsawali Princess Bajrakitiyabha Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana Prince Dipangkorn Rasmijoti Princess Siribhachudabhorn Princess Aditayadornkitikhun Khun Ploypailin Jensen and Mr David Wheeler Khun Sirikitiya Jensen Royal pages and assistants to the Royal Family Chirayu Isarangkun Na Ayuthaya Lord Chamberlain of the Royal Family and Household of Thailand Massed military bands of the 1st Division King s Guard First Army RTAGuests editThai Royal Family edit The King the late King s son Princess Bajrakitiyabha the late King s granddaughter Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana the late King s granddaughter Prince Dipangkorn Rasmijoti the late King s grandson Princess Ubolratana the late King s daughter Ploypailin Jensen and David Wheeler the late King s granddaughter and grandson in law Sirikitiya Jensen the late King s granddaughter The Princess Royal the late King s daughter Princess Chulabhorn the late King s daughter Princess Siribha Chudabhorn the late King s granddaughter Princess Aditayadorn Kitikhun the late King s granddaughter The Princess of Naradhiwas s family Dame Dhasanawalaya Sornsongkram the late King s niece Jitat Sornsongkram the late King s great nephew Princess Soamsawali the late King s niece by marriage also former daughter in law Mourning edit nbsp King s portrait displayed at Sanam Luang for public mourning nbsp Thai people wait to pay homage to the King s body which lay in state at Phra Thinang Dusit Maha Prasat nbsp Thai national flag flown at half mast at Assumption College Bangkok during the mourning of King BhumibolThe government declared a year long mourning period for Bhumibol Citizens were asked to refrain from participating in joyful events and entertainment for 30 days following his death as a result a number of events including sports such as the Thai League football season which ended entirely 72 were cancelled or postponed Entertainment outlets such as cinemas nightclubs and theatres announced that they would shut down or operate under reduced hours during this period 73 74 75 The mourning period prompted concerns from Thailand s tourism industry which felt that the mood of the country as well as the cancelled events would reduce interest in visiting Thailand 74 Upon the announcement of his death all television channels suspended regular programming and simulcast special programmes from the television pool of Thailand which consisted of videos and photos of Bhumibol and coverage of royal events International channels were blacked out and replaced by this programming and all programming during this time was carried exclusively in monochrome Following the funeral procession on 14 October 2016 the channels continued to air the pooled tribute content until midnight local time after which they were allowed to resume regular programming in colour However for the remainder of the 30 day mourning period all broadcasters were forbidden from broadcasting programmes that featured any element of entertainment dancing joy violence impoliteness or overly expressed emotion nor any non official information speculation or criticism related to the 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