People continued to enter the Sanam Luang grounds via checkpoints at 11am.

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Sagnuan Namwong, 65, said she and here two grandchildren left Surat Thani on a bus at 6pm on Friday and arrived at Bangkok at 5am and went straight to Sanam Luang. 
Somkiart Prompornrak, 53, travelled from his house in Bangkok&rsquo;s Theves district to Sanam Luang to be part of the rites which he said was the best thing to happen in his life. 
&ldquo;This is the once-in-a-lifetime incident,&rdquo; Somkiart said.

Loyal subjects crowd Sanam Luang to watch live broadcast of coronation rites

Thousands of people gathered around Sanam Luang on Saturday to watch live broadcasts of the royal coronation rites on monitors around the field.