HAPPY 85th BIRTHDAY TO HER MAJESTY QUEEN SIRIKIT THE QUEEN OF THAILAND ON SATURDAY 12 AUGUST 2017 AS THAILAND CELEBRATED HER BIRTHDAY. COUNTLESS EVENTS WERE HELD TO COMMEMORATE HER MAJESTY'S BIRTHDAY AND MANY MERIT MAKING AND ALMS OFFERINGS CEREMONIES WERE HELD TO BLESS HER AND MAKE MERIT FOR HER LATE HUSBAND KING BHUMIBOL ADULYADEJ THE GREAT WHO SADLY PASSED AWAY LAST OCTOBER 2016. AS THAILAND IS STILL IN OFFICIAL MOURNING, CITIZENS WERE ENCOURAGED TO DRESS IN LIGHT COLOURED CLOTHING AND RESPECTFUL SONGS WERE SANG EVERYWHERE IN HER HONOUR. JUST AS KING BHUMIBOL ADULYADEJ WAS THE GREATEST KING THAILAND EVER HAD, SO IS QUEEN SIRIKIT WHO HAS TIRELESSLY WORKED TO IMPROVE THE LIVELIHOOD OF HER SUBJECTS AND ALL THAIS WISH HER MAJESTY A VERY GLORIOUS AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND MAY BUDDHA CONTINUE TO SHOWER BLESSINGS ON QUEEN SIRIKIT.

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AS HER MAJESTY QUEEN SIRIKIT IS SO LOVING, CARING AND NURTURING TO HER PEOPLE, SHE IS JUSTLY CONSIDERED THE MOTHER OF THAILAND AND HER BIRTHDAY IS ALSO MOTHER'S DAY AS SHE IS MOTHER TO ALL THAI PEOPLE WHO LOVE HER DEARLY.

Mother's Day was introduced in Thailand on 15 April 1950. In 1976 Mother's Day was changed to 12 August to coincide with the birthday of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit, the Mother of all Thai people.

THE PHOTOS BELOW (EXCEPT ONE WITH RICHARD LIM) WERE TAKEN WITH AT SHOW DC, BANGKOK'S MEGAPLEX OF ENTERTAINMENT, DINING AND SHOPPING IN THE ART GALLERY. THEB PORTRAITS BY THAI ARTISTS ARE FOR SALE FROM RM 2,000 UP.

 HER MAJESTY QUEEN SIRIKIT OF THAILAND HOLDING HER SON WHO IS NOW KING RAMA X

 KING MAHA VAJIRALONGKORN OR KING RAMA X WITH HIS MOTHER HER MAJESTY QUEEN SIRIKIT

 A YOUNG KING BHUMIBOL ADULYADEJ AND QUEEN SIRIKIT

RICHARD LIM AT FOYER DISPLAY AT TRIA HEALTH & ANTI-AGING MEDICAL CENTRE

 DISPLAY AT SHOW DC 

 SINGERS PERFORMING AT SHOW DC

 HIS MAJESTY KING MAHA VAJIRALONGKORN OR KING RAMA X

 SON AND BEAUTIFUL MOTHER WHO IS THE WORLD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL QUEEN FOR 60 YEARS SINCE SHE BECAME QUEEN OF THAILAND IN 1950 AFTER MARRYING KING BHUMIBOL A WEEK BEFORE HIS CORONATION. QUEEN SIRIKIT WAS BORN IN 1932 AND IS THE WORLD'S LONGEST SERVING QUEEN CONSORT

 SON AND MOTHER

 HIS MAJESTY KING BHUMIBOL ADULYADEJ OR KING RAMA XI

 BLESSED COUPLE

 KING AT WORK

 HIS MAJESTY KING MAHA VAJIRALONGKORN OR KING RAMA X THE CURRENT KING OF THAILAND

MOM SANGWAN LATTERLY PRINCESS SRINAGARINDRA THE PRINCESS MOTHER WHO IS THE MOTHER OF KING BHUMIBOL KISSING HIM