This handout picture released by the Royal Bureau shows Thai Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn presiding over a ceremony to collect the royal relics and ashes of late Princess Galyani Vadhana at the Royal Funeral Pyre in Bangkok on November 16, 2008. Thailand's royal family collected the ashes of the king's sister, ending the main phase of an elaborate six-day funeral that has briefly halted months of turbulent politics in the country.

Thailand's Princess Sirindhorn takes part in a procession carrying the royal urn, containing the royal relics and ashes of late Princess Galyani Vadhana at the Royal Crematorium on November 16, 2008, in Bangkok, Thailand. Princess Galyani Vadhana passed away on January 2 this year at the age of 84 after a long battle with abdominal cancer. (Getty Images)

Thai royal officials carry the royal relics and ashes of the late Princess Galyani Vadhana outside the Royal Funeral Pyre in Bangkok on November 16, 2008. Thailand's royal family collected the ashes of the king's sister, ending the main phase of an elaborate six-day funeral that has briefly halted months of turbulent politics in the country. (AFP/Getty Images)