Over 11 million people pay respect to late King
People from across the country continue to arrive at the Grand Palace’s Dusit Maha Prasart Throne Hall to pay respect before the Royal Urn of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej on Saturday, with latest figure showing over 11 million people have visited.
According to the Bureau of the Royal Household, a total of 11,065,577 people have arrived and paid respect before the Royal Urn in the past 324 days after the beloved King Bhumibol Adulyadej passed away on October 13 last year.
Only on Friday (September 22), a total of 69,027 people arrived to pay respect to the late King.
The bureau said further that so far donations from the people amounted to more than 820 million baht.
The Royal Cremation ceremony for the late king is scheduled for October 25-29.