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...Court Last month Nepal's King Gyanendra agreed to reinstate the country's parliament, ending weeks of violent pro-democracy protests but not the monarchy's political crisis. TIME's June 11, 2001, issue related the shocking massacre of members of the Nepalese royal family by Crown Prince Dipendra, pictured, the event that brought Gyanendra to the throne...
...resident of Quincy House, to give up his executive powers and turn the country into a constitutional monarchy modeled after England and Japan.On June 1, 2001, King Birendra and seven other members of the royal family were shot to death by his son Crown Prince Dipendra, who then committed suicide, according to reports.King Birendra’s death brought his brother to the throne. The new ruler, King Gyanendra, dissolved the Parliament and gained complete control over the government, reversing his predecessor’s reforms and sparking protest.“Violence has been so entrenched in people?...
...there's a fourth: an angry population fed up with the other three and determined to strip all power from a monarchy that has reigned for more than two centuries. Gyanendra is supposed to be only a constitutional ruler. He inherited the throne when his nephew, Crown Prince Dipendra, shot dead King Birendra and eight other members of the royal family in a June 2001 massacre at the palace before killing himself. Dipendra was thought to be depressed that his girlfriend had been rejected by his family. At any rate, a mix of anger, whisky, hashish and an impressive collection...
...faith in the monarchy has also plummeted since the palace slaughter of 2001, in which Crown Prince Dipendra killed King Birendra (Gyanendra's brother) and eight other royals before turning his revolver fatally on himself. King Gyanendra is nowhere near as popular as his predecessor?and by seizing power he could be playing into the hands of the Maoists, who want to topple the monarchy and form a communist republic. The rebels wasted no time in reacting. Maoist leader Prachanda denounced the "genocidal, corrupted national betrayer Gyanendra...
...that swirled in the immediate aftermath. Gregson relies heavily on the official report into the incident. Excellent though it was, that report explained only what happened, not why. To probe deeper, Gregson would have had to interview such players as the Queen Mother, the new Crown Prince Paras, or Dipendra's paramour, Devyani Rana. But they're not talking. It's not clear who did speak with Gregson, either: his book is based in large part on unnamed sources, speculation and rumor, and the text is littered with assertions of questionable veracity. It's "taken for granted," for example, that...