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The emblem for the 60th Anniversary Celebration of the King's Accession to the Throne. The Sixtieth Anniversary Celebrations of King Bhumibol Adulyadej's Accession to the Throne (Thai: งานฉลองสิริราชสมบัติครบ ๖๐ ปี พ.ศ. ๒๕๔๙; RTGS: Ngan Chalong Siriratchasombat Khrop Hok Sip Pi Pho So Song Phan Ha Roi Si Sip Kao) were the ...
Later on 7 February 2017, junta leader and prime minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha announced that he had been commanded by King Vajiralongkorn to set 5 December, the birthday of Bhumibol Adulyadej, Vajiralongkorn's father, as the country's National Day, Father's Day, and Day Commemorating the Birth of King Bhumibol Adulyadej. [2]
The coronation of Vajiralongkorn (Rama X) as king of Thailand took place on 4 May 2019 at the Grand Palace, Bangkok. [1] He ascended the throne at the age of 64 upon the death of his father, Bhumibol Adulyadej, on 13 October 2016, accepting the accession invitation by Prem Tinsulanonda, president of the Privy Council, on 1 December 2016.
King Bhumibol Adulyadej's speech in his 2005 national birthday broadcast could have been interpreted as a suggestion that he welcomed criticism. [20] The lèse-majesté law is part of Thailand's criminal-law code and has been described as the "world's harshest lèse majesté law" [21] and "possibly the strictest criminal-defamation law anywhere ...
Vajiralongkorn [c] (born 28 July 1952) is King of Thailand since 2016. He is the tenth monarch of Thailand from the Chakri dynasty, titled Rama X.. The only son of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) and Queen Sirikit, he was made crown prince by his father in 1972, at the age of 20.
Paetongtarn Shinawatra kneels down to pay homage to a portrait of Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn during a ceremony to endorse her as prime minister in Bangkok, Thailand, on August 18. - Royal Thai ...
The earliest forms of coronation in Southeast Asia were derived from those of ancient India.The present Thai coronation ceremony is a blend of Hindu and Buddhist traditions, which were transferred to the Initial states of Thailand from three different sources: the Hindu civilisations of Srivijaya from the 8th to 12th centuries; the Khmer Empire from the 9th to the mid-14th century; and the Mon ...
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