Thai king portrait vendors scramble to meet huge demand

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Thai king portrait vendors scramble to meet huge demand

By Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Vorasit Satienlerk | BANGKOK

 

BANGKOK: -- Shops supplying portraits of Thailand's late King Bhumibol Adulyadej and royal memorabilia are scrambling to meet demand as mourners flock to buy pictures of the revered monarch days after his death.

 

King Bhumibol, the ninth king of Thailand's 234-year-old Chakri Dynasty, died on Thursday in Bangkok. The king was venerated as a pillar of stability and his death has plunged the country of 67 million into mourning.

 

In Dinso road, a stone's throw from the Grand Palace, where King Bhumibol's remains will be kept for about one year until a royal cremation is held, shops selling gold-framed portraits of the king were packed and business was brisk.

 

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