Tens of thousands pay respects to Thai princess

2008/11/15 04:35:38 @Reuters: International News

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Thais gathered in old Bangkok on Saturday for the cremation of Princess Galyani Vadhana, the elder sister of King Bhumibol Adulyadej who died of cancer in January. In the central ceremony of the 6-day, $9 million funerary rites that provided a rare glimpse of the pageantry of the House of Chakri, the king lit symbolic candles in front of his sister's sandal-wood casket at an ornate Buddhist pavilion.
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