Princess Prerana Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah of Nepal ( ne, प्रेरणा राज्यलक्ष्मी सिंह) (born 20 February 1978) is the daughter of
Gyanendra
Gyanendra Shah ( ne, ज्ञानेन्द्र शाह, born 7 July 1947) is a former monarch who was the last King of Nepal, reigning from 2001 to 2008. As a child, he was briefly king from 1950 to 1951, when his grandfather, Tribhuva ...
, the last king of Nepal, and
Queen Komal.
Life
She attended
University of Roehampton,
Surrey
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,
United Kingdom (BA).
Name Prerana means "Encourage" (Promote).
Princess Prerana married ''Kumar'' Raj Bahadur Singh on 23 January 2003. He is the son of Navaraj Bahadur Singh and Usha Devi. The wedding took place at
Narayanhity Palace; the bride wore a red
sari weaved with
gold thread.
Princess Prerana and her husband have one son, Parthav Bahadur Singh, born 10 October 2004.
Abolition of monarchy in Nepal
The Monarchy in Nepal was abolished in 2008 after the
Constituent Assembly election
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Health
On 8 April 2017, Princess Prerana, had been hospitalised after suffering a stroke.
She had been admitted to the Thapathali-based Norvic International Hospital on Saturday morning, confirmed a source on the condition of anonymity.
“She might need to stay at the hospital quite longer,” the hospital source said, informing that her condition is stable.
Consultant neurologist Dr Pankaj Jalan has been attending to the former royal.
The hospital has been just giving her “a conservative medication” and observing the effects, the source added.
It has been learned that former King Shah visited his 39-year-old daughter at the Hospital on Friday and Saturday.
On 20 April 2021 the former king and queen tested positive for
COVID-19 on their return from the
Maha Kumbh
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, a religious festival in India attended by millions of Hindu pilgrims. The couple and their daughter Prerana Rajya Lakshmi Devi Singh were admitted to the Norvic International Hospital in Kathmandu for treatment.
Patronages
* Vice-Chairman of The Himani Trust.
Himani Trust donates coronavirus protective medical equipment
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Honours
; National Honours
* Member First Class of the Order of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu, 1st class (23/10/2001).
* Member of the Order of Tri Shakti Patta, 1st class (21/10/2005).
* Commemorative Silver Jubilee Medal of King Birendra (31/01/1997).
* King Gyanendra Investiture Medal (04/06/2001).
References
Nepalese princesses
1978 births
Living people
Alumni of the University of Roehampton
Members of the Order of Tri Shakti Patta, First Class
Members of the Order of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu, First Class
21st-century Nepalese nobility
20th-century Nepalese nobility
Nepalese Hindus
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