Monarchy isn't so bad

In Thailand .the primeminister has resigned after "a word in his ear" from the King as the king once again found a acceptable path to resolution between two fighting groups.
The king in thailand has very little power except that he is respected to the point at which primeministers will resign when he asks them to.Time and time again this has avoided bloodshed.
But I do suggest that the king must not "hand pick" a sucessor as many want him to. It is his ability to be ablove politics that makes him so effective.