Nepal’s ex-queen mum to stay in palace, crown goes missing
June 9th, 2008 - 12:38 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, June 9 (IANS) While Nepal's dethroned king Gyanendra has just 72 hours to vacate the royal palace, former queen mother Ratna Shah will stay on. She has wrested permission ... Read more...
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Nepal king’s ‘crown’ auctioned in Bond Street?
June 7th, 2008 - 12:26 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, June 7 (IANS) More than a month before Nepal's new lawmakers formally abolished the country's 239-year-old monarchy, a priceless crown went under the hammer at an auction in London's ... Read more...
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