King Bhumibol Adulyadej's Diamond Jubilee, June 2006

[krissy_au]

a few behind the scene (inside the chakri maha phrasat throne hall) (also from palaces.thai.net)

Jess... that's inside the anantasamakom throne hall. these pics were taken on the 9th of June.

btw, i don't remember seeing both princesses wearing tairas. could you please post some pics of them wearing it if you have? Thanks loads Jess!

 

[iparity]

Btw, I've just thought that maybe they -TRF has the limit number of the tiaras only for a limit number of the ladies? Or maybe they has I don't know -some regulations which say who and on what ocassions can wear the tiara?

Actually, our royal family has no tradition of wearing a tiara. This tradition was firstly existed in Thailand in when King Chulalongkorn (King Rama V) visited to Europe and brought some jewelry and Tiaras for his Queens and consorts. So in the early period, tiaras are ussually worn by Queen and some princess worn tiara when they took a photo.

Nowaday, there is no regulation about wearing tiara but I think that Tiara are traditionally preserved for the Queen in order to give her an honor.

 

[iparity]

Details of the four perforated designs of menu covers used in the royal banquet.




Pictures are scaned from Ploy Kam Petch Magazine

 

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palaces.thai.net have just released more 2184 pictures of the Diamond Jubilee Celebration. Some are already posted, but some aren't, so, here are some selections from those 2184 pictures.

All thanks to Iparity who provided the updated link..

It took me 2-3 days to download the torrent, but it was well worth it.
Here's the link if you'd want to see or download all the photos :

http://www.palaces.thai.net/king60B/
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So, let's begin...

from 12 June 2006

The Interior of the majestic Throne Hall


The royals begin to assemble for their official photo


The Thai Royal Family prior to the arrival of foreign royals


During the Official Photo, listening to King Bhumibol's speech


Meeting & Greeting one another

 

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also during the official photo session


Philippe & Mathilde of Belgium arriving


Haakon & Mette-Marit of Norway arriving, and how lovely MM's curtsey is..


WA & Maxima of Netherlands


Crown Prince Jigme of Bhutan greeting the Thai princess


(from palaces.thai.net)

 

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Queen Sofia of Spain arriving


Prince Henrik of Denmark arriving


Prince Alois of Liechtenstein greeting Thai princesses


Prince Albert of Monaco greeting Princess Sirindhorn


(from palaces.thai.net)

 

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King Sihamoni, along with King & Queen of Malaysia arriving


GD Henri of Luxembourg greeting



King Carl Gustaf & Queen Silvia of Sweeden greeting the Thai princesses


Princess Srirasmi taking to Prince Jigme


more meeting one another


(from palaces.thai.net)

 

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more chatting...


Getting ready for the Official photos... finally we can see the back row...


King Bhumibol & Queen Sirikit, along with Sultan of Brunei & his wife settling in...

(from palaces.thai.net)

 

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Posing for the Official Photos



(from palaces.thai.net)

 

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more from the Official Photo session



and now it's time for some mingling...



(from palaces.thai.net)

 

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more mingling...




(from palaces.thai.net)

 

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Philippe & Mathilde greeting the King & Queen


Haakon & Mette-Marit


Princess Ubolratana's daughters, Khun Ploypailin & Khun Sirikitiya


more on the Thai RF arriving


(from palaces.thai.net)

 

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from 12 June 2006
at the Royal Navy Institute, watching the Royal Barge Procession along the Chao Phraya River


Princess Ubolratana with her daughters... Khun Ploypailin & Khun Sirikitiya





(from palaces.thai.net)

 

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more of Princess Ubolratana with Khun Ploypailin & Khun Sirikitaya

the girls capturing the moments themselves


posing for pictures, with the background of Chao Phraya river, and Grand Palace of Bangkok

Princess Ubolratana photographing her daughters


hmm... posing with the photographers.. some are from foreign press


Princess Ubolratana talking to the Thai Prime Minister


(from palaces.thai.net)

 

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Khun Ploy & Khun Mai busy capturing the barge procession with their digicams while watching it from the balcony



(from palaces.thai.net)

 

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waiting for the foreign royals to arrive...


Empress Michiko, Princess Chulabhorn, and other foreign royals watching the barge procession from the balcony


(from palaces.thai.net)

 

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still waiting for the guests to arrive


Khun Ploy & Khun Mai watching from the balcony


Princess Lalla Salma of Morocco watching & talking to Khun Mae & Khun Ploy


(from palaces.thai.net)

 

[iparity]

Jess ... Nickname of Khun Sirikitiya is Khun Mai
Anyway, Thanks for all the pics posted ....

 

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King Bhumibol talking to his family


more of Lalla Salma watching the barges procession


The Belgian, Norwegian, and Dutch crownprincely couples arriving


Princess Chulabhorn watching from the balcony


(from palaces.thai.net)

 

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more from the arrival of foreign guests



the Thai princesses


watching the procession


(from palaces.thai.net)

 

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sitting inside while waiting for the procession to start. notice how the royals were offered the book and the binoculars. how well treated they are!




(from palaces.thai.net)

 

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waching from the balcony


(from palaces.thai.net)

 

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still watching...



leaving the royal navy institute

(from palaces.thai.net)

 

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on the 2nd pic, the Crown Prince talking to his father...



Maxima seems to be very fond of her binoculars, while Prince Henrik is trying to capture the barges through his cell-phone camera



(from palaces.thai.net)

 

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the older royals watching from inside


Henrik still photographing with his cellphone camera


Haakon, Mette-Marit, Mathilde and the others are also there


and what were they watching? These lovely & grand Barges...


(from palaces.thai.net)

 

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The grand view.. (look at the sky background)


on the balcony..


The photographers & videographers who were there to capture the barges procession


The royals leaving royal navy institute


Princess Srirasmi & Prince Vajiralongkorn talking to Princess Ubolratana & Khun Mai & Khun Ploy


(from palaces.thai.net)

 

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more after the barge procession


riding a golf cart..


watching the royal presentation of the King's life & work


(from palaces.thai.net)

 

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from 13 June 2006, the Gala Banquet




(from palaces.thai.net)

ps. Iparity, who's the princess on the last picture?

 

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during the gala banquet


Prince Haakon with Prince Henrik


Princess Ubolratana talking to Queen Sofia & Princess Mette-Marit


Princess Mathilde, Grand Duke Henri, & Princess Lalla Salma


King Carl Gustaf & Queen Silvia


(from palaces.thai.net)

 

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more talking to one another..


before the banquet ... the royals were walking from the back of Chakri Throne Hall via the connection room to Boromma Ratcha Sathit Maholan Throne Hall (the Banquet Hall), just before the the Dinner (thanks for the info, Iparity)



and the Thai Royal Family


(from palaces.thai.net)