{"id":529085,"date":"2025-10-26T12:00:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T12:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/529085\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T12:00:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T12:00:19","slug":"queen-mothers-remains-carried-in-king-rama-ixs-james-bond-vehicle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/529085\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Mother\u2019s Remains Carried in King Rama IX\u2019s &#8216;James Bond&#8217; Vehicle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>The grey Volkswagen Caravelle, a vehicle renowned for its modesty and previously used to escort King Bhumibol\u2019s remains in 2016, was chosen for the solemn journey to the Grand Palace.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A subtle but profound detail emerged during the solemn procession of the Royal Remains of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit The Queen Mother on Sunday, as the Royal Family chose a vehicle of immense historical significance for the final transfer to the Grand Palace.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At 4:26 PM on 26 October 2025, the motorcade carrying the Royal Remains departed the Bhumisiri Mangkhalanusorn Building at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, passing crowds of bowing mourners along the route.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The final Royal Vehicle used to escort the Royal Remains was a Volkswagen Caravelle T4 model from 2001.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The grey van, marked with a blue stripe and bearing the licence plate 1D-0929, is known by the nickname <strong>&#8220;James Bond.&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761480019_853_lg-webp.webp\" alt=\"Royal Procession: Queen Mother\u2019s Remains Carried in King Rama IX\u2019s 'James Bond' Vehicle\" class=\"img-fluid w-100 showcaption-false\" style=\"width: 750px; height: 422px;\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It is equipped with a 6-cylinder petrol engine producing 204 horsepower.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Crucially, this same Volkswagen Caravelle was regularly used by His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej The Great (Rama IX) for his daily duties.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 The grey Volkswagen Caravelle, a vehicle renowned for its modesty and previously used to escort King Bhumibol\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":529086,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[171511,171508,171509,5105,7710,519,171510,448,731,12146],"class_list":{"0":"post-529085","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-his-majesty-the-king","9":"tag-mourning-period","10":"tag-queen-sirikit-the-queen-mother","11":"tag-royal","12":"tag-royal-families","13":"tag-royal-family","14":"tag-royal-mourners","15":"tag-royals","16":"tag-thailand","17":"tag-vehicles"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/529086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}