A Right Royal Mess?

Asian royals have been much in the news. Royalty backing a coup in Thailand. Royalty creating mayhem in Nepal. A revolt against royals in tiny Tonga. A rare royal birth in Japan. And in Korea, discussion of a royal rebirth.

Their role raises the issue: do we need more or less of this remnant of an earlier age of autocratic rule?

Let’s start with two extre…