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Bangkok (AP) – 4 p.m. The Crown Prince has arrived at Bangkok’s Siriraj Hospital to receive the body of his father King Bhumibol Adulyadej and accompany it in a procession to the Grand Palace.

Thousands of people have lined the streets on the route of the procession that will cross the Chao Phraya River Friday and end at a temple in the Grand Palace complex.

Officials line up for a bathing ceremony for HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej at the Grand Palace in Bangkok. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)
Officials line up for a bathing ceremony for HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej at the Grand Palace in Bangkok. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)