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The King’s younger brother was also hurt in the attack, but his condition is not known.The only person left unharmed from the family was the King’s middle brother Prince Gyanendra, who was out of the country at the time of the incident.Some reports say the Crown Prince is on a life support machine in hospital.If he lives, he is expected to be declared the successor.Crown Prince Dipendra, who was educated at Eton College, is reported to have been in conflict with his family over his choice of bride, Devyani Rana, for some time.
Queen Aishwarya is said to have been the real power behind the throne and allegedly threatened to remove her oldest son from the line of succession, although this would not have been allowed under the constitution.
The murders are thought to be the worst mass killing of royalty since the Romanovs were put to death in 1918 during the Russian Revolution.“This is a most unfortunate and shocking event,” said Deputy Prime Minister Ram Chandra Paudel.
“Shocking is an understatement, we have been orphaned by this loss,” said a vegetable seller, Janardan Sharma, who like many in Kathmandu rushed to the royal palace to try to find out more news of the tragedy.
Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the UN, issued a statement saying that he was “profoundly shocked” by the killings of King Birendra and other members of his family.
He called for calm in the country and said that he was “deeply saddened by this tragedy”.King Birendra, 55, ascended the throne in 1972.When nationwide unrest broke out in 1990 he was forced to legalise political parties and accept a parliamentary system
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