As mourners began streaming home on Friday following the cremation of His Majesty the late King Bhumibol, thousands lingered to watch the week’s final processions. Wichian Thaisawat, a 55-year-old from Nakhon Si Thammarat, said she’d been observing the royal funeral for three days, but now it was time to go home. “I’m very proud to have done my duty as a loyal subject of the late King and bade him a last farewell as he ascended to Heaven,” she said. “It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience that I’ll never forget.”Sanam Luang is still brimming with mourners, though. Funeral rites continue into Sunday, when a final procession carries the late King’s ashes to Wat Ratchabophit and Wat Bowonniwet Vihara for interment.

Source: The Nation Bangkok October 27, 2017 06:22 UTC