Why Nepal's Prince Organised A Royal Massacre | Asia's Monarchies | Real Royalty

The prince was a disciplined student in school, helpful and simple among friends, never mistreated any person. Graduated with good grades. He was a senior in my college. I never asked for help but everybody knew that if we asked for any help he would respond and justice would be served. He was a hero. Everyone respected him. He would never do what the media said he did. This is international politics. Every Nepali knows this. RIP Late king.

I am an Indian and visited Nepal a couple of times. I strongly believe there must be a deeper hidden conspiracy to it. The prince became the "pawn" in a greater conspiracy.

The prince was the topper of Masters level in his department. He was doing his PHD when this happened. I clearly remember him driving past us near Narayani hotel in his Black SUV the last day of his life, Friday evening. We were having our regular evening tea in one of the street stalls. He was driving. We even boasted about him going to be the first King in history that did PHD.

I have been visiting Nepal for months at a time since 1977. I was also in Kathmandu on the night of the massacre in the palace. Without going into a lot of detail that has already been discussed, I can say, I do not believe the "official version" of Prince Birendra killing his family. I recall the gunshots as we were staying in a little hotel near the palace. I remember being in lockdown in the hotel for the next few weeks. The borders were closed and the whole country was "contained". Kathmandu just went into meltdown with shock and anger and mourning, as you would expect whilst Prince Birendra lay dying in hospital. It was close to a week after he was shot (supposedly by himself) before he actually died. I remember there was talk of crowning him King during that period of time even though he was not expected to recover. I never believed he was responsible for the deaths of his family and I never will. There were just too many inconsistencies in the "official" story which constantly changed and after coming out of lockdown and talking to others who like us, were there at the time along with many locals, the general consensus was that the truth was very different. The local Nepalese spoke in whispers as they were very frightened about what would happen to them. It was a crazy crazy time. A time I will never forget. Nepal is a wonderful country. A country I shall always feel a great connection to. Hopefully I can get back there this coming September. Covid stopped the last trip I had planned 18 months ago.

But most of Nepalese do not believe that crown prince Dipendra did this massacre. It remains as dark history.

I am a Nepalese and every Nepalese knows in their heart that this was all conspiracy

I visited Nepal in 1989. Spent a long time there. It was such a peaceful country. I went back there for the first time again this year. The country changed a lot. It is much more mecanized and connected nowadays. Lots of pollutions and noises. The people have changed a lot. They are still very peaceful and great but you can see they are under huge tensions especially since Kathmandu was ruined by the earthquake. The city has not recovered yet. The images we see here are probably already dating a little bit because this is not what I saw.

First of all thank you for taking your time and making video of my country🤗❤, but don't judge our prince like this, if you ask every locals then their answers would be completely different. Every NEPALESE knows how humble he was. Even my parents who lives in eastern part of Nepal even till now they will never believe that he plotted all these.

The Nepalese people are extremely kind and polite, I will hopefully visit their beautiful country one day.. peace from Lebanon 🇱🇧

I can't believe this was 20 years ago. I was in Pokara the night of the massacre. The country changed like someone flipped a switch. It was heartbreaking to witness the grief. I watched the funerals on TV with the staff in my guesthouse and everyone was in tears including me.

It is not objectively set in stone about the truth of the prince being responsible for the events. The events are not clear and set in stone even for nepali citizens... It is still a heart shuddering history... King Birendra is said to be a one in a lifetime king who was greatly down to earth... Every soul living in his ruling period speaks greatly of him.. May the family's Soul rest in peace...

Dipendra was the scapegoat. There was a bigger mastermind behind the scene

As a foreigner living in Nepal at the time of the massacre, I find it difficult to believe the 'official' version of the events. What I do know is, that on the evening of the massacre, I was with a group of Nepali friends about to make our way back to our room before curfew time. On the Lecknath Marg roadway, between the Royal Palace and Naya Bazar, my friends pointed to their Crown Prince Dipendra being driven past in a black SUV. We later heard that others had also seen this further along the road. Unkown to us at the time, the Crown Prince was already lying in a coma having supposedly murdered his family and then shooting himself; we only heard of the massacre the next morning. So who was it in the car which drove past us? My friends, as did most Nepali, knew their Crown Prince and were sure that they were not mistaken. Is this how the theory of a duplicate being responsible started? Did we witness a duplicate fleeing from the scene? It certainly was, at the time, a sad day for Nepal.

You forgot to mention that Deependra was crowned the 11th king while he was in coma. He was declared dead after 3 days and King Gyandera was crowned as the 12th King.

First of all thank you so so very much for making this video into a simplest form ever possible.

I never thought to be clickbaited by the video such as this one! This is a general run down through the Shah Dynasty, and NOT at all about what the title actually suggests. People, the historical references are always going to be controversial because all sides are affected in different ways, some win and some lose. We must first seriously ask ourselves that before believing what so called professionals say. Everyone speaks on behalf of their history, not yours. The end of the monarchy was the saddest thing in our lives as Nepalese citizen. We never will know for sure.

I don't know whether Dipendra killed his whole family or not but it is really sad that there is no proper investigation about the royal massacre and it's heartbreaking that Dipendra had to die with this in his name.

The reason they all are bald is, in Hinduism if you lose your father, you shave your head, and live without any material possessions for 7/14 days They lost their King, that is why almost all of the males in the country shaved their head.

I appreciate the Nepalese in the comments who are offering corrections. I remember hearing about this and always wondered why he killed his family. I thought watching this documentary would help but it gave me no answers. I've changed my mind and I think he didn't do it.

I couldn’t believe it either when I first heard it either. I still don’t believe it. It’s a shame the Crown Prince is remembered this way while the real culprits are free.