lese majeste

May 25のThe Japan Times Online記事に出てきた表現です。
Lese majeste brings despair to Thai families
Since 2014 coup, kin of those jailed under draconian law often regarded as outcasts. When Natnicha’s husband was jailed for insulting Thailand’s monarchy under the country’s lese majeste laws, she didn’t just lose a partner. She lost her friends and place in Thai society -- joining the growing ranks of outcasts since royalist generals seized power a year ago.
タイトルにも使われている "lese majeste" は知らない表現です。外来語で、法律用語の様でもあります。文脈からすると「皇族侮辱罪」の様に思われますが、どうでしょう？辞書を見ます。
・Dictionary.com:
1. Law. a.a crime, especially high treason, committed against the sovereign power. b.an offense that violates the dignity of a ruler.
2.　an attack on any custom, institution, belief, etc., held sacred or revered by numbers of people: Her speech against Mother's Day was criticized as lese majesty.
Wikipediaに詳しい説明がありますが、以下はその一部です。
With the disappearance of absolute monarchy in Europe, lèse-majesté came to be viewed as less of a crime. However, certain malicious acts that would have once been classified as the crime of lèse-majesté could still be prosecuted as treason. Future republics that emerged as great powers generally still classified as a crime any offence against the highest representatives of the state, and any actions that offend modern totalitarian dictators are still very likely to result in prosecution.
先の天皇は何故戦後その責任を取らなかったと時々疑問に思いますが、これって "lese majeste" に触れるのでしょうか？
Wikipediaには各国の "lese majeste" にも触れていますが、日本の項目には次の説明があります。
Laws against offending the emperor were in place between 1880 and 1947, when the law was abolished, during the US occupation. The last person to be convicted of the crime was a member of the Japanese Communist Party, Shoutarou Matsushima, who wielded a placard during a protest against food shortages reading, on the one side, "Imperial Edict: The Emperor system has been preserved. I, the Emperor, have eaten to my heart's content, but you, my subjects, should starve to death! Signed, (Imperial Seal)". Matsushima was sentenced to 8 months in prison, but was pardoned immediately by the government.