On 24 October 2026, H.E. Mr. Phrommes Bhaholpolbhayuhasena, Ambassador of Thailand to Hungary, presided over a merit-making and public sandalwood flower offering ceremony for the Royal Cremation Ceremony of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit, The Queen Mother, at the Royal Thai Embassy in Budapest.

Four Buddhist monks from Wat Thai Rattanaprateep (Budapest), Wat Saengthampathip (Klagenfurt), and Wat Thai-Austria Dhammaram (Vienna) conducted Buddhist chanting and merit-making in Her Majesty’s honour. On this occasion, the Ambassador presented a sandalwood flower bouquet before Her Majesty’s portrait on behalf of officials of the Royal Thai Embassy in Budapest, members of Team Thailand and their spouses, and the Thai communities in Hungary, the Republic of Croatia, the Republic of Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro. The special representative bouquet will be presented at the Royal Crematorium at Sanam Luang in Bangkok.

Following the ceremonies, participants also took part in a volunteer activity to make sandalwood flowers as part of the preparation for the Royal Cremation Ceremony of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit, The Queen Mother.

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