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The Journal of the Royal Institute of Thailand Volume IV - 2012 29  The trip to America was hard and exhausting. There were ceremonies to be attended and many places to be visited. During the whole month, Their Majesties were rarely back at the residence before midnight or one o’clock in the morning. The Queen admitted that journeys like this were new to her. During the trip to New York Queen Sirikit felt very weak, queasy and airsick because of inadequate sleep for many weeks. Her Majesty told about her experiences with New York press: “…although I followed the King’s instructions to use my mental power and not give in, I still could not move at all …But when the plane circled La Guardia Airport in New York, my mental power broke. I ran to the toilet, paying no attention to people questioning me in Thai and Figure 13: Queen Sirikit and King Bhumibol on the visit of the Liga of the Red Cross societies in Switzerland 1960, in: K Ӧ nigin Sirikit, Juwel ihres Landes, p.349 Pornsan Watanangura