Thai King, Queen leave Bangkok for Hua Hin

BANGKOK, September 15 (TNA) - His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Her Majesty Queen Sirikit have left Bangkok's Siriraj Hospital for seaside Hua Hin District in Prachuap Khiri Khan Province in the Upper Thai South, amid well-wishers acclaiming "Long Live Their Majesties the King and Queen" along the route. Their Majesties the King and Queen left Siriraj Hospital, where they had received a medical check-up since August 6, on Monday afternoon. The Hua Hin Municipality was preparing to welcome back Their Majesties the King and Queen to the Klai Kangwon Palace on Monday evening. Local officials were joining hands to clean up both sides of Phetkasem Road and footpaths in front of the palace to welcome well-wishers gathering to receive Their Majesties the King and Queen back to the Klai Kangwon Palace. Besides, officials of the Hua Hin Municipality, the provincial highway and electricity offices have inspected roadside lights around the township to make sure that all are in good order, while also deploying vacuum vehicles to clear out dust along traveling routes of Their Majesties. The portrays of Their Majesties the King and Queen have also been replaced with new ones and scenery in the palace's neighbourhoods has been improved and adorned with large yellow and blue ribbons, the symbolic birthday colours of Their Majesties the King and Queen. New symbolic flags of Their Majesties have also been put up, starting from the Hua Hin Airport all the way to the nearby Klai Kangwon Palace on the main Phetkasem Road. Earlier, royal physicians advised Their Majesties the King and Queen to stay at Siriraj Hospital for a medical checkup, after Their Majesties spent one-year recuperation at the Klai Kangwon Palace. (TNA)