1924 års lag om tronföljd verkar faktiskt vara ganska intressant läsning. Kanske inte så underligt att tronen fortfarande är vakant?
Där står bland annat att:
" When the necessary time comes, the said heir shall immediately ascend the throne to succeed the late king in accordance with the latter's wish. "
Dvs, genom att fördröja hans tillträde har man (vem det nu är) lyckats kasta en skugga över hans legitimitet.
"Whoever is to ascend to the throne should be one from the masses fully respect and can be contentedly taken as their protector. Therefore any member of the royalty whom the multitude holds as loathsome, such person should foreswear the path to succession in order to remove the worry from the king and the people from the realm."
Tror knappast prinsen har "full respekt" från "massorna".
"Descendants of the royal family with any of the following characters shall be excluded from the line of succession:
- Insanity;
- Convicted of a serious crime under the law;
- Unable to serve as Upholder of Buddhism;
- Married to a foreign consort, i.e. a woman whose nationality is originally not Thai;
- Being removed from the position of heir to the throne regardless of during which reign such removal took place;
- Being proclaimed to be excluded from the line of succession.
Att ha utnämnt sin pudel till fältmarsalk i flygvapnet kan nog kanske anses ligga honom till last vad gäller den första punkten.
