Pink elephants march for Thailand's late queen motherbr br Eleven pink painted elephants march through Bangkok, bowing in unison outside the Grand Palace in a lumbering tribute to the late queen mother. Sirikit, the mother of current King Maha Vajiralongkorn and wife of the longest-reigning Thai monarch, died in October at the age of 93. Since Sirikit's death, the government has declared a year-long mourning period for officials and urged the public to wear mourning colors of black or white for 90 days.