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Published on November 4, 2007

The Royal Household Bureau in its 22nd statement on the King's condition also reported that his blood had tested normal while its 10th statement on the Princess also said she could move her right arm more easily, though she was still undergoing physical therapy and receiving supplementary nourishment intravenously.

At 2.50pm HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn arrived at the hospital to visit her father and aunt and received a warm welcome from the many well-wishers waiting there.

HRH the Crown Prince had officials distribute 4,000 boxes of curry puffs to the people gathered there.

Steady streams of visitors continued to be seen at Bangkok's Siriraj Hospital throughout the day to write get-well messages to the King and Princess.

After jotting down his message, General Saprang Kalayanamit, deputy permanent secretary at the Defence Ministry, told reporters he was happy to hear that the King was feeling better. He also said Thai citizens were fortunate to have such a long-lived king to be the protector of the nation, giving them hope to get though tough times.

Other visitors were a group of Yao hilltribespeople from Kamphaeng Phet's Klong Lan district, Buddhist monks from Pa Thammada Temple and laymen from Nakhon Ratchasima's Bua Lai district.

From Chiang Mai, Phra Maha Sunthorn Suntharo of Phrathat Doi Suthep Temple along with 450 students and teachers from Sot Suksa Anusan Sunthorn School expressed their best wishes. A chorus of 23 hilltribe scholarship recipients from Rajdamnoen Vocational College sang to the accompaniment of a violin in front of pictures of the King and Princess.

Samak Sampaorat, from the National Islamic Committee for Phuket, led fellow members in prayer for the King's and Princess' quick recovery.

Phong Apatnok, 96, said she had travelled all the way from Nakhon Ratchasima's Bua Yai district to enter her get-well message in an album.

Alne Aspelin, a 63-year-old Swede, and his Thai wife said they had learned of the royal illnesses from a newspaper back home and taken the opportunity to come here to wish them good health while on vacation.

A group of Ban Tham Kob School students and teachers from Krabi's Khao Phanom district performed a Nora dance to newly composed lyrics as a demonstration of their regard for the monarch and received loud applause from bystanders.

The Palace continued to hand out pictures and pocket calendars depicting the King and Princess to visitors, while the hospital set up tents near the statue of Prince Mahidol of Songkhla to shelter visitors, many of whom continued to camp out there to follow developments closely.

The Nation