Smooth operators: A soldier standing beside volunteers during a rehearsal for the royal coronation in Bangkok. — AFP
BANGKOK: In baby-blue caps and yellow scout scarves, an army of royal volunteers is sprucing up Thailand before this weekend’s coronation – a projection of unity and loyalty to the unassailable crown in a divided kingdom that remains locked in political crisis.
The “Jit Arsa” programme – or Spirit Volunteers – has billowed out across Thailand since it was founded in 2017 by Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn ahead of the cremation of his late father Bhumibol Adulyadej.
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