List of foreign dignitaries attending the Royal Cremation

FRIDAY, October 20, 2017

ROYAL FAMILY members and distinguished representatives from at least 32 countries will attend the Royal Cremation of His Majesty the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej on October 26.

The list was confirmed yesterday by Foreign Ministry spokesperson Busadee Santipitaks, who added that more guests may be added to the list later.
Royals attending the cremation include:
King Letsie III and Queen Masenate Mohato Seeiso from Lesotho List of foreign dignitaries attending the Royal Cremation King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Ashi Jetsun Pema Wangchuck from Bhutan

King Tupou VI and Queen Nanasipau’u from Tonga List of foreign dignitaries attending the Royal Cremation Queen Silvia from Sweden Queen Maxima from Netherlands

Queen Mathilde from Belgium List of foreign dignitaries attending the Royal Cremation

Queen Sofia from Spain List of foreign dignitaries attending the Royal Cremation

Crown Prince Frederik from Denmark List of foreign dignitaries attending the Royal Cremation

Crown Prince Haakon Magnus from Norway

List of foreign dignitaries attending the Royal Cremation

Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume Jean Joseph Marie from Luxembourg

List of foreign dignitaries attending the Royal Cremation

, Sultan Nazrin Shah of Perak and Tuanku Zara Salim the Raja Permaisuri of Perak from Malaysia List of foreign dignitaries attending the Royal Cremation

Prince Andrew, Duke of York from the United Kingdom List of foreign dignitaries attending the Royal Cremation

, Prince Akishino and Princess Akishino from Japan List of foreign dignitaries attending the Royal Cremation

and Princess Margaretha from Liechtenstein

List of foreign dignitaries attending the Royal Cremation

Representatives of foreign governments will include:

President U Htin Kyaw and his wife Su Su Lwin from Myanmar List of foreign dignitaries attending the Royal Cremation

President Bounnhang Vorachith from Laos

List of foreign dignitaries attending the Royal Cremation

President Halimah Yacob and her husband Mohamed Abdullah Alhabsee from Singapore List of foreign dignitaries attending the Royal Cremation

Governor-General General Sir Peter Cosgrove and his spouse Lady Lynne Cosgrove from Australia List of foreign dignitaries attending the Royal Cremation

Governor-General Julie Payette from Canada List of foreign dignitaries attending the Royal Cremation ex-president Joseph Deiss from Switzerland

ex-president Christian Wulff from Germany

List of foreign dignitaries attending the Royal Cremation

Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh from Vietnam

List of foreign dignitaries attending the Royal Cremation

PM Hun Sen from Cambodia List of foreign dignitaries attending the Royal Cremation PM Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini from Swaziland

List of foreign dignitaries attending the Royal Cremation

ex-PM Jean-Marc Ayrault and his wife Brigitte Ayrault from France List of foreign dignitaries attending the Royal Cremation

Vice President of the National Assembly Pak Joo-sun from South Korea List of foreign dignitaries attending the Royal Cremation

Secretary of Defence James Mattis from the United States List of foreign dignitaries attending the Royal Cremation Secretary of Foreign Affairs Alan Peter S Cayetano from the Philippines

List of foreign dignitaries attending the Royal Cremation

Foreign Minister and Minister of Development Assignments Tilak Marapana and his spouse Stella Marapana from Sri Lanka

List of foreign dignitaries attending the Royal Cremation

Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammed Asif and his spouse Musarrat Asif Khawaja from Pakistan List of foreign dignitaries attending the Royal Cremation

India’s Minister of State for External Affairs MJ Akbar

List of foreign dignitaries attending the Royal Cremation

and Apostolic Nuncio to India and Nepal Archbishop Giambattista Diquattro from Vatican.
Meanwhile, a rehearsal for the procession of royal and distinguished civilian foreign guests attending the Royal Cremation will be held today from 2.30-6pm.
A joint command for the Royal Cremation ceremony yesterday advised that on the day of the Royal Cremation people should avoid using the Rama IV expressway to the Yommarat intersection, the Surawong expressway to the Uruphong intersection and the Yommarat expressway to Si Lom Road.
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