Who Can Belong to a Crown Family?
Let’s zoom out. Crown families exist everywhere—Japan, Thailand, Saudi Arabia. The rules vary wildly. In Thailand, you can be executed for insulting the king. Belonging is a life-or-death matter.
In Japan, the emperor must be male. Princesses who marry commoners leave. So, their crown family is shrinking. It’s like a genetic bottleneck—without the wine.
In Saudi Arabia, the royal family is huge—thousands of princes. Belonging means having the right dad, but succession is a messy game of backroom deals. Not exactly a fairy tale.