The King
Their Majesties the King and Queen to host state dinner banquet to Royal guests
BANGKOK, June 13 (TNA) -- Their Majesties King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit, together with all other members of the Royal Thai Family, will Tuesday evening host a state dinner banquet for world royalty who are visiting the Thai kingdom to join state and Royal ceremonies marking the auspicious occasion of the 60th anniversary of His Majesty the King's accession to the throne this year.
The honorary dinner banquet for the visiting Monarchs and Royal representatives from 25 countries across the world will be held at Chakri Maha Prasat Throne Hall within the Grand Palace here.
The menu of the Royal banquet, prepared by the chef of the world's famous and luxurious Oriental Hotel here, is selected by Her Majesty the Queen herself with about half of materials coming from Royal-initiated projects, according to Thailand's TV pool.
His Majesty the King will deliver a Royal speech, expressing his gratefulness to all the world royalty who came to join the nationwide Diamond Jubilee celebrations in honour of him.
His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Muizzaddin Waddaulah of Brunei Darussalam, who is the most senior Monarch among the visiting Royal guests, will represent the gathering in giving a Royal speech offering felicitations to His Majesty the King, who is now Thailand and the world's longest-reigning monarch.
Although Thailand's grand celebrations of His Majesty the King's accession to the throne is being organized throughout this year, the highlights are on June 12 and 13 when state and Royal ceremonies are held marking the auspicious occasion and members of the world royalty were invited to join.
According to the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the world royalty joining the kingdom's Diamond Jubilee celebrations include 13 Monarches and 12 Royal representatives as the following:
* His Majesty Preach Bat Samdech Preah
Baromneath Norodom Sihamoni of Cambodia
* His Highness Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani of Qatar
* His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah of Kuwait
* His Majesty King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein of Jordan
* His Majesty Emperor Akihito of Japan
* His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Muizzaddin Waddaulah of Brunei
Darussalam
* His Majesty Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Ibni Al-Marhum Tuanku Syed Putra
Jamalullail, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong XII of Malaysia
* His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco
* His Royal Highness Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg
* His Majesty King Letsie III of Lesotho
* His Majesty King Mswati of Swaziland
* His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
* His Serene Highness Prince Hans Adam II of Liechtenstein
* His Royal Highness Prince Henrik, the Prince Consort of Denmark
* His Royal Highness Crown Prince Tupouto’a of Tonga
* His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of Norway
* His Royal Highness Prince Willem-Alexander, the Prince of Orange of The
Netherlands
* His Highness Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman al Khalifa of Bahrain
* His Royal Highness Crown Prince Philippe of Belgium
* His Royal Highness Crown Prince Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck of Bhutan
* Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Salma Bennani of Morocco
* Her Majesty Queen Sofia of Spain
* His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates
* His Royal Highness the Duke of York of the United Kingdom
* His Highness Sayyid Shihab bin Tariq Taimour Al Said of Oman
Before the state dinner banquet, the world royalty are scheduled to separately pay their private visits to significant places in Bangkok and surrounding provinces.
