--Previous Message-- An interesting story shows the mistrust http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?&nid=82042. I checked the royal site - and it's true. At one place the right birthday of the Princess is mentioned, in another the wrong one. http://www.nepalmonarchy.gov.np
: Well, these politicians are up to their usual
: tricks.
:
: There is an election coming up, and as usual
: they need something to bribe the electors
: with. Supposedly the "king's vast
: lands" were going to be the basis of
: it, but they have probably found that there
: isn't very much that is commercial. Lots of
: forests, reserves and publicly used land, I
: bet.
:
: I am afraid that they are going to be quite
: dissappointed with this little scheme. The
: Nepalese Royal Family has never been
: privately very wealthy. A deliberate policy
: of a century of Rana rule, to ensure that
: they could not be independent actors.
If only the King had not done so much to alienate the political elite of the country. That was very unwice. But PM Koraila argues that the king must have some kind of role in the future.
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