Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has asked His Majesty the King for a royal pardon for a mistake on her Facebook page.
On Saturday her staff uploaded the wrong photo when she posted a Facebook message urging all Thais to join in the celebration of His Majesty's birthday.
Yesterday she assigned PM's Secretary-General Banthoon Suphakwanit to send an explanation to the Royal Household Bureau with a request for a royal pardon.
In the afternoon she travelled to Ayutthaya with Deputy Prime Minister Yongyuth Wichaidit to launch the Beautiful Thailand tourism campaign at Srisanphet Temple.
Her aides informed reporters that she would not give media interviews for two days especially on political topics because the country was marking His Majesty's birthday. She said she would focus on doing good deeds to honour the beloved monarch.
Two of nine events in the government-sponsored celebrations for His Majesty's birthday have been cut short from seven days to two and three days.
The two performances were scheduled to run from last Saturday to Friday, a source from the organiser said.
Government Spokeswoman Thitima Chaisaeng confirmed with The Nation that the order came from Yongyuth.
The "Golden Culture of Rattanakosin on the Great King's 84th Birthday" on the main stage at Sanam Luang had its last showing last night, she said.
The multimedia 3D panoramic movie on the prosperity of Bangkok, which was screened every night on a 200-metre stretch of the wall of the Grand Palace, would have its last viewing tonight.
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