BBCNEWS BBC News October 26, 2017
To bid farewell to thailands revered King Bhumibol adulyadej. A funeral procession has begun and the cremation will take place at the end of the day, as part of a five day buddhist funeral ceremony. Elaborate preparations, including the construction of a vast cremation complex, have taken almost a year. This is the scene live now in bangkok where hundreds of thousands of people are gathering ready for royal cremation day. Many enduring the Tropical Heat during the day, torrential rain at night as they camped out, waiting to get their place and notjust in bangkok but in other parts of thailand ...