King and Queen provide biosafety vehicles for Covid-19 tests
Their Majesties King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida on Monday granted 16 biosafety vehicles and six biosafety trailers at the Amphorn Sathan Residential Hall in Bangkok’s Dusit Palace to the Ministry of Public Health for Covid-19 testing among people in risky areas.
The vehicles were received by Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, Public Health Permanent Secretary Dr Kiattiphum Wongrajit and ministry executives.
They were equipped with necessary testing equipment and state of the art information technology system for fast and accurate testing.
King and Queen provide biosafety vehicles for Covid-19 tests
The Palace said that they were bought with the money that groups of people had presented to Queen Suthida to celebrate her birthday on June 3.
So far, Their Majesties have donated 36 biosafety vehicles to facilitate testing for Covid-19 in remote areas to reduce crowding at local hospitals. They also donated five vehicles for express analysis mobile units and two vehicles for digital x-ray units.
King and Queen provide biosafety vehicles for Covid-19 tests
The King and Queen also granted an audience to the ambassador of the European Union to Thailand Pirkka Tapiola and his wife Olga Shumylo-Tapiola, and Ambassador of Israel to Thailand Meir Shlomo and his wife Bracha Shlomo, to bid farewell on leaving their positions.
Their Majesties present support bags to hospital staff to mark Queens birthday
Their Majesties King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida on Thursday presented moral support bags to representatives of 49 hospitals and field hospitals that have been treating Covid-19 patients.
The presentation ceeemony took place at Amphorn Sathan Residential Hall in Bangkok’s Dusit Palace.
Their Majesties present support bags to hospital staff to mark Queens birthday
Their Majesties’ donation also marked Queen Suthida’s birthday on June 3, which is a national holiday.
The moral support bags included food, consumer products and a badge designed by the Queen.
Their Majesties present support bags to hospital staff to mark Queens birthday
The badge features a picture of yellow and purple balloons that represent moral support from Their Majesties to health workers nationwide who have been sacrificing their time and energy during the Covid-19 outbreak.
The Queen personally sewed a badge to each bag.
Their Majesties present support bags to hospital staff to mark Queens birthday
Since the new wave of Civid-19 in Thailand, Their Majesties have been supporting health professionals in their fight against the pandemic by donating medical supplies and equipment to hospitals, field hospitals and other facilities that provide treatment to infected patients.
Their Majesties present support bags to hospital staff to mark Queens birthday
The 1st Field Artillery Battalion, 1st Field Artillery Regiment, Kings Guard performed a 21-gun salute to mark the birthday of Her Majesty Queen Suthida Bajrasudhabimalalakshana on Thursday.
The 1st Field Artillery Battalion, 1st Field Artillery Regiment, King’s Guard performed a 21-gun salute to mark the birthday of Her Majesty Queen Suthida Bajrasudhabimalalakshana on Thursday.
The military ceremony in honour of the Queen was held at the royal parade ground of Sanam Luang, adjacent to the Grand Palace.
Portraits of Her Majesty have been placed at public buildings around the country along with well-wishing books for people to sign.
HM Queen’s birthday marked by 21-gun saluteHM Queen’s birthday marked by 21-gun salute
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s Environment Department decorated the capital’s Ratchadamnoen Road with colourful flowers to mark the birthday of Her Majesty Queen Suthida Bajrasudhabimalalakshana on Thursday.
The decorations, featuring yellow and purple flowers such as marigold and cockscomb, were taken from the Democracy Monument to Royal Rattanakosin Hotel.
Meanwhile, the Public Works Department also decorated the road with spectacular lights, flags and photos of Queen Suthida.
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Celebrating Her Majesty’s birthdayCelebrating Her Majesty’s birthday
King grants 200,000 Favipiravir tablets for Covid-19 patients behind bars
His Majesty the King graciously granted 200,000 Favipiravir tablets to the Department of Corrections director-general, Ayut Sinthopphan, in a private audience on Wednesday.
The Palace has said His Majesty personally funded the purchase of the medication, which will be used to treat inmates who have contracted Covid-19.
As of May 31, a total of 26,602 Covid-19 patients were confirmed in 13 prisons nationwide. Of them, 10,078 have recovered, while nine have died so far.
Meanwhile, no infections have been reported in 119 prisons.
King grants 200,000 Favipiravir tablets for Covid-19 patients behind bars
According to the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation, each Covid-19 patient requires up to 70 tablets of Favipiravir before they fully recover.
His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Her Majesty Queen Suthida granted an audience to Privy Council President General Surayud Chulanont, who introduced new Privy Councillor Kasem Chankaew to take an oath of allegiance at Amphorn Sathan Residential Hall in Dusit Palace on Tuesday.
Their Majesties were accompanied by Chao Khun Phra Sineenat Bilaskalayani.
New privy councillor
On the occasion, His Majesty graciously bestowed the insignia of the title of Knight Grand Commander (second class, higher grade) of the Most Illustrious Order of Chula Chom Klao on Kasem.
New privy councillor
Prof Dr Kasem, 63, is a two-time recipient of the outstanding agricultural scientist award (1993, 1996) by the Agricultural Science Society of Thailand and the Foundation of Agricultural Science of Thailand. He is also a former dean of the Environmental Faculty of Kasetsart University.
The Office of the Prime Minister has dismissed as false online rumours that Her Majesty the Queen was infected with Covid-19.
The office urged people to monitor Covid-19 news from a reliable channel, such as the Facebook page of the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration.
The baht opened at 31.30 to the US dollar on Thursday, weakening from Wednesday’s close of 31.22.
The Thai currency is likely to move between 31.25 and 31.40 during the day, Krungthai Bank market strategist Poon Panichpibool said.
He said the baht would weaken if the dollar continues to strengthen in line with the US Ten-Year Treasury yield growth and the overall market situation.
The baht is still under pressure as foreign investors offload Thai stocks, Poon added.
Their Majesties donate nearly Bt14 million worth of Covid-19 test kits
His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Her Majesty Queen Suthida on April 20 donated Bt13.91 million of their personal finances to buy Covid-19 PCR test kits for Phramongkutklao Hospital and Bhumibol Adulyadej Hospital, under the Royal Thai Army and the Royal Thai Air Force respectively.
The two hospitals said on their Facebook pages on Thursday that they were grateful for the royal kindness and would use the test kits to screen suspected patients, who have been increasing rapidly since the new Covid-19 wave began in late March.
Britain’s goodbye to Philip: A pared-down funeral, minute of silence and a solitary queen in a chapel
Apr 18. 2021
By The Washington Post · William Booth, Karla Adam, Jennifer Hassan, Miriam Berger
LONDON – Prince Philip, the steadfast but irascible consort to the queen, who worked tirelessly to bolster the monarchy – but was most famous for his barbed gaffes – was celebrated in an intimate funeral at Windsor Castle on Saturday.
Just a few dozen members of the royal family were in attendance, all cloaked in black and wearing face masks.
“Powerful in its simplicity,” said a royal commentator watching the procession on BBC.
It was the less-grand funeral that Philip himself said he wanted. His coffin was transported via a camouflage green Land Rover that would have looked more at home at the family’s Balmoral Castle in the muddy moors of Scotland.
Compared to spectacular funerals past – for Princess Diana in 1997 or the Queen Mother in 2002 – Philip’s ceremony was stripped down to its bare bones, partly because of pandemic restrictions.
During a national moment of silence, one could hear birdsong in place of London’s normal buzz. Among the gestures to honor Philip, landing and takeoffs at nearby Heathrow International Airport were paused for the minute.
There was no public access to the funeral. In normal times, before this modern plague, such a royal farewell would have seen hundreds of guests from around the world, including global celebrities and heads of state, packed into Westminster Abbey. A horse-drawn cortege would have moved through the streets of London, lined with thousands of Brits in mourning.
But because of pandemic, which has taken the lives of 130,000 in Britain alone, strict coronavirus restriction allowed only 30 mourners, who sat in small family units in the empty stalls in the quire of St. George’s.
Most poignant of all perhaps was the image of Philip’s wife of 73 years, Queen Elizabeth II, sitting hunched and small, all alone on a pew.
The Duke of Edinburgh’s children and grandchildren walked behind his coffin in a funeral procession, led by Prince Charles, the heir to the throne.
Prince William and Prince Harry were a few steps behind their father. Later, when they left the chapel, Harry was filmed chatting with William and his wife Catherine. The two brothers walked side by side for several minutes. It was the first time the brothers have been seen together since the scorching Oprah Winfrey interview last month.
Harry’s wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, did not attend, upon medical advice. She is pregnant and due to give birth to the couple’s second child this summer in California, where the couple now live.
Though the funeral may have been simple by royal standards, the procession across the grounds of Windsor Castle was attended by more than 730 members of the armed forces, many in scarlet tunics and bearskin hats.
As the bells of the castle’s Curfew Tower rang, the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery fired off rounds of minute guns and a piping party from the Royal Navy blew their whistles.
The 94-year-old queen, her face obscured by a black mask, was escorted by a lady-in-waiting who sat with her in the royal Bentley as the national anthem rang out underneath blue skies at Windsor. It was the first time the reigning monarch has been seen in public since the death of Philip on April 9 at age 99.
There were readings by the Dean of Windsor David Conner and the Archbishop of Cantebury Justin Welby – but no eulogy. Conner praised Philip for his “kindness, humor and humanity” and the “many ways in which his long life has been a blessing to us.”
Richard Fitzwilliams, a royal commentator, told The Washington Post that the British monarchy under Elizabeth, even without one of its most stalwart figures, will rumble on.
He noted that the queen has already held work “engagements” following the death of her husband, including holding a ceremony at Windsor Castle for a retiring royal aide. Those kind of events – along with her various broadcasts and video calls throughout the past year, including one where she urged Britons to get vaccinated – suggest she’s not at all thinking about stepping down as head of state.
“So long as her health permits,” he said, “the monarchy continues as it is.”
On a sunny spring day at Buckingham Palace, the official London residence of the queen, people paused Saturday to pay their respects to Philip. There are several signs outside the palace gates asking people not to lay floral tributes. Still, people did. One card read, “Thank you for being absolutely bloody brilliant.”
James Conner, 62, a photographer who previously served in the Royal Navy, dropped by to soak in the scene. “He was an old sailor,” he said of Philip, who served in the Royal Navy and saw action in World War II. “People should be respectful of that. He was a sea dog who liked to have a laugh.”
For many of those gathered outside of Buckingham, the tributes to Philip also were bound tightly with questions about how 94-year-old queen will manage without her partner of more than seven decades.
“Most of the country are behind the queen, who is now seemingly alone,” said Richard Webb, 61.
Elizabeth, he added, was also “going through other stuff right now with her family.” Asked if he was referring the break by Harry and Meghan, known as Megxit, he said: “Yes.”
“The queen has tried not to inflame things as far as I can see,” he said. “Things must be very hurtful for Meghan and the whole family but my sympathies lie with the queen.”
Kate Hatt, 46, a teaching assistant from Kent, said she was unsure of the future of the British monarchy. “The Queen and Prince Philip are what we see as the traditional royal family,” she said. “So much has changed. When the queen goes, too, a lot of people’s respect for the royal family will go. We need to hold onto it while we can.”
Nigel Eggleton, 62, director of a bus company, said that he was visiting London on Saturday to pay his respects.
He said that Prince Philip will be remembered for his service to country and queen, for the youth award program that bears his name, and probably for his gaffes “which stick in the mind.”
But he added: “I suspect the majority of the country is thinking of the queen today.”
The royal family will now enter another two-week mourning period, during which they will continue to attend functions, often while wearing black bands.
In the days and weeks ahead, the family will also have to reckon with what Philip’s death means for the monarchy’s future. Among the many uncertainties is the exact role of the next Duke of Edinburgh.
The Duke of Edinburgh title is set to pass eventually to Prince Edward, the youngest child of Philip and the queen who was promised the title on his wedding day in 1999. But because peerages are hereditary, on the day Philip died, his eldest son, Charles, inherited the title. Edward is unlikely to be granted the title officially until after the queen’s death, when Charles becomes king and his other titles can be regranted.
Tributes to Prince Philip continued to dominate the front pages of the British tabloids ahead of the funeral Saturday, with several newspapers running a never-before-seen photo Elizabeth and Philip from 2003.
In the photo, the couple look relaxed as they laze in the sunshine outside in the grounds of their Balmoral estate in Scotland. The queen opted to release the photo on Friday – the eve of Philip’s funeral. It is an image that shows the couple smiling, a hat perched on Philip’s knee as he beams alongside his wife. For many, it shows another side to one of the world’s most famous couples – one that reflects a moment of calm away from the intensity of the royal spotlight.
“Farewell my prince,” read the front cover of the Sun, which included a 28-page magazine dedicated to Philip inside Saturday’s edition.
The Daily Mail reported that the queen would say a private goodbye to her husband of seven decades ahead of the funeral. Its front cover read: “One last moment with her prince.”
King and Queen provide biosafety vehicles for Covid-19 tests
King and Queen provide biosafety vehicles for Covid-19 tests
Their Majesties present support bags to hospital staff to mark Queens birthday
Their Majesties present support bags to hospital staff to mark Queens birthday
Their Majesties present support bags to hospital staff to mark Queens birthday
Their Majesties present support bags to hospital staff to mark Queens birthday
HM Queen’s birthday marked by 21-gun salute
HM Queen’s birthday marked by 21-gun salute
HM Queen’s birthday marked by 21-gun salute
Celebrating Her Majesty’s birthday
Celebrating Her Majesty’s birthday
Celebrating Her Majesty’s birthday
Celebrating Her Majesty’s birthday
King grants 200,000 Favipiravir tablets for Covid-19 patients behind bars
New privy councillor
New privy councillor
New privy councillor
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