The Kingdom of Nepal existed between 1768 and 2008. It suffered an unimaginable tragedy in 2001, which only served to destabilise the monarchy. We will start there. The Queens mentioned here are consorts, and any titles following the end of the monarchy are titular.
In 2001, King Birendra was on the throne. He had succeeded his father, King Mahendra, in 1972. He had married his second cousin, Aishwarya Rajya Lakshmi Devi, in 1970. Both of Aishwarya’s sisters also married into the Nepalese royal family. Birendra and Aishwarya went on to have three children together: Crown Prince Dipendra (born 1971), Princess Shruti (born 1976) and Prince Nirajan (born 1978).
Tragedy struck the Nepalese Royal Family on 1 June 2001; Birendra and Aishwarya’s son, Crown Prince Dipendra, shot and killed his parents, siblings, aunts and other family members on the grounds of the Narayanhity Royal Palace. He had gotten drunk during a family dinner, and his drunken actions resulted in his father having him leave and escorting him to his room (his cousin later claimed the Crown Prince was only pretending to be drunk so that he would get kicked out). An hour later, he returned with a combat shotgun (SPAS-12), and he began to assassinate his family. He had a bag that contained other weapons, like an M16.
He shot his father first before leaving the room. He returned with the M16 to see his family trying to save his father. The Crown Prince went to finish the job, but his uncle, Prince Dhirendra, intervened, resulting in Prince Dhirendra’s death. He began killing other members of his family, and after shooting his brother-in-law, his sister, Princess Shruti, attempted to come to his aid, but not before being fatally shot by her older brother.
It was said that Queen Aishwarya bravely followed her son out of the room to attempt to get him to stop the killing. He killed his younger brother in front of his mother. Aishwarya then shouted, “You have killed your father, you have killed your brother, kill me too,” and he then turned the gun on her. She attempted to flee, but he shot her numerous times in the neck and back in the garden of the palace. He then crossed a bridge on the grounds and shot himself, which critically wounded him. While in the hospital, he fell into a coma but was declared king. He had a short reign, which ended with his death three days later. In total, ten died in the massacre. Dipendra was unmarried, so there was no Queen during his short reign.
As all of Birendra and Aishwarya had died, the throne passed to Birendra’s brother, who became King Gyanendra. He was married to one of Queen Aishwarya’s sisters, Komal Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah. She would be the last Queen of Nepal. Gyanendra and Komal had two children together, Prince Paras (born 1971) and Princess Prerana (born 1978). In 2006, shortly before the end of the monarchy, a bill was adopted that introduced absolute primogeniture. However, this did not affect those living at the time, and it was only to those born after the change in succession.
In May 2008, the monarchy came to an end. King Gyanendra and his family had to leave Narayanhiti Palace, which was turned into a museum, but they were not forced to leave Nepal. Both King Gyanendra and Queen Komal are still alive, and thus Komal is also the first titular Queen of Nepal.
Crown Prince Paras married Himani Rajya Lakshmi Devi in 2000, and they have three children: Princess Purnika (born 2000), Prince Hridayendra (born 2002) and Princess Kritika (born 2004). Himani is set to be the second titular Queen of Nepal.
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