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...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...
...seeks to reinvigorate the Elizabethan text with modern influences as disparate as tennis great John McEnroe and the detritus of a collegiate Saturday night. The play, which recounts the disintegration of King Richard II’s reign and Henry Bolingbroke’s subsequent bloody accession to the throne, is in many ways rooted in the imagery and customs of the sixteenth century, when it was written. This production seeks to catapult the play into the present. Daniel R. Pecci ’09, who plays Bolingbroke, says that he partially modeled his character on McEnroe whom he claims...
...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’s lives,” said Thapa. “Instead of school...
...army holed up in the mountains. Now 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...
...debate at all on the future of the monarchy in Britain. Republicans want to abolish it, so won't discuss reform. The government won't touch the subject with a barge pole. So what should be uncontroversial proposals, like an end to the ban on the heir to the throne marrying a Catholic, are never discussed. Intelligent debate about what kind of monarchy Britain should have in the 21st century has disappeared "into a kind of Bermuda triangle," says Katwala...