JIRALONGKORN: His coronation is a worrying eventuality
Lèse majesté laws restrict criticism of the king, but his popularity amongst Thais is not in doubt. The same cannot be said for his son and heir, the Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn, who has had three wives (compared to his father’s one wife of 62 years) and threw a lavish and unseemly birthday party in 2009 for his miniature poodle Foo Foo.
Thais may be legally barred from saying so, but the king’s passing and the crown prince’s coronation is a worrying eventuality.