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| Leicester City owner Vichai's funeral starts Thailand | |
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| The funeral of Leicester City's owner who died in a helicopter crash outside the club's stadium is under way. | The funeral of Leicester City's owner who died in a helicopter crash outside the club's stadium is under way. |
| Royal soldiers, monks and Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha's relatives took part in a procession ahead of the ceremony in Bangkok, Thailand. | Royal soldiers, monks and Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha's relatives took part in a procession ahead of the ceremony in Bangkok, Thailand. |
| The funeral began with Buddhist bathing rituals and will be followed by recitation ceremonies over seven days. | The funeral began with Buddhist bathing rituals and will be followed by recitation ceremonies over seven days. |
| The Leicester City players are due to fly out to Thailand for the funeral after their game against Cardiff later. | The Leicester City players are due to fly out to Thailand for the funeral after their game against Cardiff later. |
| Thai billionaire Mr Vichai died along with two members of his staff, the pilot and a passenger when the helicopter came down in a car park moments after taking off from the King Power Stadium on 27 October. | Thai billionaire Mr Vichai died along with two members of his staff, the pilot and a passenger when the helicopter came down in a car park moments after taking off from the King Power Stadium on 27 October. |
| A bathing rite ceremony has started which will be followed by the beginning of the recitation ceremonies. | |
| Jonathan Head, the BBC's South East Asia correspondent, is at the temple and said the ceremony was being held behind closed doors. | |
| There was no definitive start to the ceremony, he said, but close friends and relatives would arrive over the next few hours. | |
| Mr Vichai's body arrived in Thailand on Friday ahead of the funeral. | Mr Vichai's body arrived in Thailand on Friday ahead of the funeral. |
| Nusara Suknamai, Kaveporn Punpare, pilot Eric Swaffer and his partner, Izabela Roza Lechowicz, also died in the crash last Saturday. | Nusara Suknamai, Kaveporn Punpare, pilot Eric Swaffer and his partner, Izabela Roza Lechowicz, also died in the crash last Saturday. |
| The wreckage of the helicopter was removed from outside the stadium on Friday. | The wreckage of the helicopter was removed from outside the stadium on Friday. |
| The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has begun examining parts of the helicopter and the in-flight recorder. | The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has begun examining parts of the helicopter and the in-flight recorder. |