Position of the Crown
Posted by Gary


on 2/12/2014, 2:57:24, in reply to "
Next heir/ess"
Titles of in-laws aside, it is truly astounding how the position of the Crown seems untouched regardless of coups and other forms of civil unrest. His present Majesty seems somehow able to remain above the fray through endless alternations between attempts at democracy and repressive juntas like the one that seized power earlier this year and is now cracking down on pro-democracy students. I wonder, though, whether any future monarch - especially, frankly, the Crown Prince - will be able to maintain the monarchy in such a strange position.
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