Ceremonies, Free Services to Honor Queen’s Birthday

Their Majesties the King and Queen on May 1, 2019.

BANGKOK — The government on Wednesday announced a series of activities and celebrations to mark Queen Suthida’s upcoming birthday.

A mass merit-making ritual will be held at Sanam Luang on June 3. Then in the evening at 7pm, the field will host a candlelit rally to honor Queen Suthida, who married His Majesty the King earlier this month. Junta chairman Prayuth Chan-ocha will preside over the ceremony.

Another initiative will see volunteers cleaning canals, improving water treatment systems, planting trees and training members of the public in performing CPR.

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Free services, including massages, haircuts, electronics repairs and dental checkups, will be available at Sanam Luang during the long weekend of June 1-3.

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The authorities have requested that state agencies and the public decorate buildings in purple, Queen Suthida’s birthday color.

The government has yet to release an official biography of the Queen.