I think it's very surprising since the implication is that the royal family is backing the campus at a very high level. Why would they want laxer standards tha

I think it's very surprising since the implication is that the royal family is backing the campus at a very high level. Why would they want laxer standards that could only impair their reputation? If anything they have strong incentives to enforce a higher standard to show the world their eminence and so on.