{"id":17206,"date":"2025-10-26T12:25:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T12:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/17206\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T12:25:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T12:25:22","slug":"year-long-funeral-starts-for-thailands-former-queen-sirikit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/17206\/","title":{"rendered":"Year-long funeral starts for Thailand’s former queen Sirikit"},"content":{"rendered":"

BANGKOK
\n\"Year-long<\/p>\n

The year-long funeral<\/a> ceremony of Thailand’s former queen Sirikit<\/a> started on Sunday, with grieving royalists set to salute the procession bringing her body to lie in state at Bangkok’s Grand Palace.<\/p>\n

Members of the royal family are venerated in Thailand, treated by many as semi-divine figures and lavished with glowing media coverage and gold-adorned portraits hanging in public spaces and private homes nationwide.<\/p>\n

Former queen Sirikit, the mother of the current King Vajiralongkorn and wife of the nation’s longest-reigning monarch, died late on Oct. 24 at the age of 93.<\/p>\n

Black and white tributes to the royal matriarch are being beamed onto towering digital advertising billboards, on TVs in supermarkets and hotel lobbies, and as pop-up notices on Thai banking apps.<\/p>\n

The former queen’s body yesterday made the short trip from Chulalongkorn Hospital to the seat of the Thai royalty, where she will lie in state for one year before cremation.<\/p>\n

Television newscasters are wearing black and media websites have turned monochrome, while citizens have been asked to dress in muted colors and curtail celebratory public events for 90 days.<\/p>\n

Throughout her 66-year marriage to king Bhumibol Adulyadej, Sirikit carved a dual reputation as a glittering fashionista and the nation’s caring mother figure.<\/p>\n

Some Western media compared Sirikit favorably to former U.S. first lady Jackie Kennedy, in rapturous coverage on the front pages of their glossy magazines.<\/p>\n

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