The three-day coronation of King Maha Vajiralongkorn began at the Grand Palace in Bangkok on Saturday with a dazzling display of pageantry marked by Hindu and Buddhist rituals that came two and a half years after his father’s death.At 10.09am, a time picked by astrologers, the holy ablution ceremony began – a symbolic purification ceremony using water collected from around Thailand.A canon-salute marked the moment, while horns and pipes were played and Buddhist monks chanted.King Vajiralongkorn…
