Thai royal officials and military personnel pull the royal chariot during the funeral ceremony for the late Thai Princess Galyani Vadhana in Bangkok on November 15, 2008. Tens of thousands of black-clad Thais massed in Bangkok for the lavish cremation of the king's elder sister, a brief moment of unity for the Buddhist kingdom at a time of political crisis. (AFP/Getty Images)

A Brahmin priest sits next to the royal urn, containing the remains of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej's late sister Princess Galyani Vadhana, during her funeral procession in Bangkok November 15, 2008. Tens of thousands of Thais gathered in old Bangkok on Saturday for the cremation of Princess Galyani Vadhana, who died of cancer in January. In the central ceremony of the 6-day, $9 million funerary rites that provided a rare glimpse of the pageantry of the House of Chakri, the king lit symbolic candles in front of his sister's sandal-wood casket at an ornate Buddhist pavilion. (Reuters Pictures)