A Thai school girl holds a framed portra [Getty Images]

A Thai school girl holds a framed portrait of Queen Sirikit as she takes part in a parade ahead of her birthday, in Thailand's southern province of Narathiwat on August 5, 2010. Queen Sirikit's birthday will be celebrated throughout the country on August 12. AFP PHOTO/MADAREE TOHLALA (Photo credit should read MADAREE TOHLALA/AFP/Getty Images)

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