Among these, the most expensive expedition was an 11-day visit by the King and Queen to the Commonwealth Heads of Government ...

The royal family made more foreign trips in the year to March 2025 than in the previous 12 months, with both the pace and ...

Retreating glaciers — rivers of ice shrinking back as the world warms — are the most tangible and direct evidence of climate ...

The vision of a pro-India monarch is a dangerous misreading of Nepal’s history, its political complexities, and the ...

KATHMANDU - Thousands of supporters of Nepal’s former king rallied in the capital Kathmandu on Thursday, calling for the restoration of the constitutional monarchy that was abolished 17 years ...

Amid frustration with the political status quo and lackluster economic situation, thousands of Nepalis are calling for the king to return. The monarchy in Nepal was abolished in 2008.

Nepal's former king Gyanendra Shah arrives at Tribhuwan International Airport in Kathmandu on March 9. Credit: AFP Suspecting an Indian hand.

IMAGE: Nepal's former king Gyanendra is welcomed by pro-monarchy supporters outside the Tribhuvan international airport in Kathmandu, March 9, 2025. Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters.

Nepal royalists seek return of king. AFP. April 10, 2025. Nearly two decades since Nepal became a secular republic, a surge of pro-monarchy protests have swept the Himalayan nation, fuelled by ...

The deposed king had largely refrained from commenting on Nepal's fractious politics -- but in the last few months, he made several public appearances, mainly visiting religious sites with supporters.