Police stand guard outside the Royal Crematorium as they await the start of the royal cremation ceremony for the late Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej in Bangkok on October 26, 2017.Black-clad mourners thronged Bangkok's historic quarter before dawn on October 26 ahead of the cremation of king Bhumibol Adulyadej, a revered monarch whose passing after a seven decade reign plunged Thailand into a year of grieving. - AFP
Bangkok (AFP) - The spectacular send-off for Thailand's late King Bhumibol Adulyadej began Thursday with an elaborate collage of Buddhist rituals and palace protocol, ahead of his cremation at the gilded pyre erected in Bangkok's historic heart.
The $90 million ceremony is a final act of devotion to the "father" of the nation, who died last year aged 88.
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