First Rehearsal of Coronation-Related Royal Procession

BANGKOK, March 19 (TNA) - Officials organized the first rehearsal of a royal procession for His Majesty the King related to the coronation set for May. A government sub-committee responsible for the organization of the royal celebration parade conducted the rehearsal with about 1,500 officials, who will be in the ceremony on May 5. The rehearsal took place at a multi-purpose field of the 1st Army Area in Bang Khen district, Bangkok. The officials included cavalry police, royal guards, staff from the Royal Household Bureau, the Army Quartermaster Department, the Army Ordnance Department, the Army Air Defense Command, and ministries and students from the Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School and the Vajiravudh College. The royal procession was designed to stretch 6.7 kilometers and takes about three hours. Eighty officers of the Army Quartermaster Department were assigned to wear traditional clothes and carry royal regalia in the procession. The regalia include royal flags and tiered umbrellas. (TNA)