Originally Posted by
homintern
I asked my long-serving/-suffering chief of staff whether the crown prince wears yellow on Mondays. I was surprised at the openness of the answer but didn't press my luck with a supplementary. If you have seen photographs of the crown prince any time in the last two years you may have noticed he has lost a lot of weight, particularly in the face. It has given rise to rumours about his health and what wasting disease he may be suffering (if any). The answer I got was "We hope the King will live after the crown prince dies". I wanted to ask whether the "we" was a widespread attitude