Thailand’s monarchy on the brink? – The Manila Times

THAILAND’s King Vajiralongkorn’s exploits in Bavaria are not without entertainment value. Using the excuse of quarantining himself from the coronavirus pandemic, he took off on his private jet with an entourage of some 100, including a harem of 20 beautiful women, to the Bavarian Alps, nesting in a luxury hotel amid a postcard panorama of snow-capped green mountains and clear blue lakes. He and a lady companion would emerge from their hotel on bicycles wearing cut tops with tattoos covering the exposed parts of their bodies. Their attire drew some criticism, but, come on, should they be cycling in royal garments? What we instead found remarkable was that the couple looked like two teenagers at play. With his father dying as the longest reigning head of state in the world, King Vajiralongkorn was actually 64 when he ascended the throne four years ago. And with the size of…