The King Will Die Tonight

First published in This Week, October 27, 1963. *The source for Chapter 5 of Legacy of Danger.
The King of an unnamed Asian nation had been deposed, abdicating when an army coup sent him and his siblings into exile. There was said to be a large monarchist movement back home but he has been loathe to call it to action for fear of many innocent deaths. Section Q has learned of a plan to assassinate him and Selena Mead is asked to look into it, drawing on her friendship with the man back when her father had been ambassador to that country when she was young and a friend of the then prince.