HALL OF INFAMY

THE CHAKRI DYNASTY

JOB: Constitutional monarchs of Thailand

REPUTATION: Beloved autocrats complicit in military rule

One could be forgiven for thinking the divine rule of kings was a thing of the past, even if the young Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin ‘off-with-his-head’ Salman and a few other Gulf royals think otherwise. Today most constitutional monarchies hold on through a combination of public relations and celebrity trivia. The Thai monarchy of some