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Royalists to gather in show of support

Royalists stay overnight outside Parliament on Sunday.

Royalists have been called to converge for a mass gathering at the statue of King Rama VI at the entrance to Lumpini Park on Tuesday for a show of solidarity and support for the monarchy, amid continuing protests calling for reform of the institution.

Taya Teepsuwan, a former core member of the now-defunct People’s Democratic Reform Committee and wife of Education Minister Nataphol Teepsuwan, on Sunday wrote on her Facebook page urging people to wear yellow shirts and congregate in front of the park at 5pm as a symbolic act of support for the monarchy.

Yellow-clad supporters of the monarchy on Sunday converged in gatherings across many provinces.

In Phangnga, over 700 people showed up around the statue of King Rama V in Muang district, holding images…

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