BANGKOK, 12 December 2014 – By royal command, Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn left for Belgium yesterday to take part in a state funeral for Queen Fabiola, widow of King Baudouin.
The Bureau of the Royal Household said in an announcement last night that Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn will represent His Majesty the King at the state funeral of Queen Fabiola which will take place at the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula in Brussels on 12 December 2014.
Her Royal Highness yesterday afternoon proceeded to Suvarnabhumi Airport to board a Thai Airways International airplane amidst a large number of well wishers seeing her off. Among them were members of the Cabinet, high ranking senior officials and military officers, representatives of the Thai Red Cross Society and village scouts.
The Bureau of the Royal Household said Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn will return to Thailand on Saturday, 13 December, at 1.05 p.m.
Queen Fabiola passed away last Friday at the age of 86.
