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The Journal of the Royal Institute of Thailand Volume IV - 2012 42  In Canada, in Montreal at a reception at the Citadel, Queen Sirikit wrote: “ They (many guests) were very interested in Thailand, although we could hardly fi nd any people who really knew about Thailand.…it could be concluded that the Canadians knew very little about Thailand. 28 […] it could be concluded that the Canadians knew very little about Thailand because we were so far away from each other. I thought that because of this lack of knowledge, in future, our public relations should have a wider coverage. I showed them that medicine in Thailand was very advanced and we were proud that it was second to none. Our physicians could perform brain surgeries, cardiac operations and other major operations without dif fi culty. That was new information to them. […]. The King told me later that when he visited an elementary school in Canada, a teacher was teaching young students about Thailand. The teacher asked what the name of the capital of Thailand was and one of the students answered that it was Moscow!” 29 28 In Memory of the State Visits of His Majesty the King, The Royal Compositions of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit, footnote 9, p. 286. 29 In Memory of the State Visits of His Majesty the King, The Royal Compositions of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit, footnote 8, p. 276. Figure 26: Queen Sirikit and Queen Elizabeth II of England on the State Visit in Thailand in 1972, in: Juwel ihree Landes, p. xx Queen Sirikit on Her Majesty’s State Visits in 1960 and 1962