the king of thailand is presiding over buddhist funeral rituals for his late father, king bhumibol adulyadej who died a year ago after seven decades on the throne. the funeral urn was blessed by monks at the grand palace in bangkok ahead of a series of elaborate processions. andrew plant reports. a funeral procession on a scale rarely seen before. a chance for tens of thousands of thai will to say a final farewell to the only motorbike most of them have ever lived under. monarch. the body of the former king kept since his death in october last year in the throne hall of the royal palace. after ruling for more than 70 years this is the beginning of a finaljourney, transported towards a spectacular golden crematorium representing heaven, taking more than a year to build, here, his body will be cremated. this procession will last much of the day. his body will be carried atop a huge wooden chariot pulled by 222 soldiers, and led by his son, the new king, and members of the ro
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