Brontodon

Since this is the first Holmes short story, and only the third Holmes work, that Arthur Conan Doyle had not really worked out many of the conventions that would later characterize the series, and he was just telling the audience a story without realizing its in-universe implications.

But I'm thinking that in-universe, von Ormstein WAS the King of Bohemia, and in-universe, Watson ratted him out!

In "A Scandal in Bohemia," the King is concerned that his earlier dalliances with Irene Adler remain secret. Why, then, is it OK for Watson to publish all the details, including names and addresses, and "lay them before the public," as he likes to say?