Royalty have on few occasions asserted their power independently, s Shahidan Kassim and appointed Md Isa Sabu after the election. Mahathir's current spat with Johor's crown prince over appointment of minister for the state, Malaysia's second most populous, shows that royalty remains..…

After all, the fall was swift for seemingly invincible royalty such as R. ... After all, the fall was swift for seemingly invincible royalty such as R. ..…

-allied royal family of Saudi Arabia. It has sought to undermine the Al Saud royal family's legitimacy, which is rooted in part in its claim to implement Islamic sharia law and to be the protectors of Islam's most sacred sites in Mecca and Medina that are at the center of..…