{"id":528501,"date":"2025-10-26T05:46:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T05:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/528501\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T05:46:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T05:46:12","slug":"thailand-mourns-queen-sirikit-as-year-long-royal-funeral-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/528501\/","title":{"rendered":"Thailand mourns Queen Sirikit as year-long royal funeral begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The year-long funeral ceremony of <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/thailand?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"noopener\">Thailand<\/a>\u2019s former Queen Sirikit started on Sunday, with grieving royalists set to salute the procession bringing her remains to lie in state at Bangkok\u2019s Grand Palace.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The royal family is venerated in Thailand, treated by many as semidivine figures and lavished with glowing media coverage and gold-adorned portraits hanging in public spaces and private homes nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>Former Queen Sirikit, the mother of the current <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/king-maha-vajiralongkorn?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"noopener\">King Vajiralongkorn<\/a> and wife of the nation\u2019s longest-reigning monarch, died late on Friday at the age of 93.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Digital advertising billboards in the Thai capital are displaying towering black tributes to the royal matriarch, while citizens have been asked to wear dark tones and curtail celebratory public events.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The former queen\u2019s body is due late on Sunday afternoon to make 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<p>Throughout her 66-year marriage to <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/thai-king-bhumibol-adulyadej?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"noopener\">King Bhumibol Adulyadej<\/a>, Sirikit carved a dual reputation as a glittering fashionista and the nation\u2019s caring mother figure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The year-long funeral ceremony of Thailand\u2019s former Queen Sirikit started on Sunday, with grieving royalists set to 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