Royal Celebrations

The Royal Thai government has invited monarchs from all over the world to participate in the 60th anniversary celebrations of His Majesty this year. Monarchs from 28 countries will join different major events in Bangkok marking this occasion on 12 and 13 June 2006.
Among those countries are Bahrain, Brunei Darussalam, Bhutan, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Morocco, the Netherlands, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Swaziland, Tonga, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom.




Three other events shall be held on June 12.
The first event will take place at 4:00 p.m. at the Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall, where Their Majesties the King and Queen and members of the Royal Family and monarchs from various countries will attend the ceremony of paying tribute to His Majesty on his diamond jubilee.
The second event will be held at 6:00 p.m. at the Royal Thai Navy Convention Hall, where His Majesty the King will open an exhibition featuring his royal activities and projects during the past 60 years of his reign. The foreign monarchs will also be invited to attend the exhibition.
The third event will take place in the evening, with a grand Royal Barge Procession held along the Chao Phraya River for the foreign monarchs to view at the Royal Navy Institute.

On June 13, His Majesty the King will host a banquet for the foreign monarchs at the Chakri Throne Hall within the Grand Palace. A representative of the monarchs will give a speech of tribute expressing best wishes to His Majesty.
These events will be televised all over the world.
This year 2006, the Thai nation comes together to celebrate the auspicious occasion of the 60th Anniversary or the Diamond Jubilee of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s Accession to the Throne.
This will be a year of regal splendour as Grand Celebrations are held throughout the Kingdom of Thailand to honour His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the ninth ruler of the Royal House of Chakri, the longest-reigning monarch in Thai history and the world’s longest reigning, living monarch, too.