05 DECEMBER 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A girl on her father's shoulders carries lotus buds in the Grand Palace Friday morning before a service for Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand. Thais marked the 87th birthday of the King Friday. The revered Monarch was scheduled to make a rare public appearance in the Grand Palace but cancelled at the last minute on the instructions of his doctors. He has been hospitalized in Siriraj Hospital, across the Chao Phraya River from the Palace, since early October.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ