… To the question of whether the ancient Institution of Royalty has a role in the modern world, one excellent answer is, simply: You.
Your Royal Highness’s deepest commitment is to poorest and neediest of Thailand, a dedication inspired, no doubt, by the lifelong example of your revered father, His Majesty the King.

Your live your commitment as much in all-but-inaccessible rural villages as in the Royal Palace. You live it among the hill tribes of the north and among the sea gypsy and minority Muslim peoples of the south. You live it with systematic campaigns for education, for nutrition, for public health, for human rights, and for sustainable economic development.

And you live it on the world stage, where you have become an honored advocate for traditional culture, minorities and the rural disenfranchised poor …