Purnika Rajya Laxmi Devi Shah (
Nepali: पूर्णिका राज्य लक्ष्मी देवी शाह) (born 12 December 2000) is a former Princess of
Nepal
Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...
. She is the eldest daughter of
Paras, the former Crown Prince of Nepal and
former Crown Princess Himani. She is a granddaughter of
former King Gyanendra and
Queen Komal.
Biography
Princess Purnika is third in line to the defunct Nepalese Throne. In July 2006, the Nepalese government proposed changing the succession law to
absolute primogeniture
Primogeniture () is the right, by law or custom, of the firstborn legitimate child to inherit all or most of their parent's estate in preference to shared inheritance among all or some children, any illegitimate child or any collateral relat ...
. The
House of Representatives
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subsequently approved the bill, but it was not signed into law. This meant that Princess Purnika remained third in the order of succession after her father and brother until the abolition of the monarchy in 2008. She is the elder sister of
Prince Hridayendra and
Princess Kritika.
In July 2008, Princess Purnika left Nepal with her mother, sister, and brother to move to
Singapore
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...
to join her father, who had been making arrangements for the family to live there. In May 2019, Princess Purnika completed her high school diploma under the International Baccalaureate Organization at
UWC Thailand. Afterwards, she joined the Rangsit University in Lak Hok, Thailand where she completed her undergraduate degree in Communications.
Footnotes
External links
Royal Court of Nepal
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2000 births
Living people
Nepalese princesses
Nepalese emigrants
Immigrants to Singapore
21st-century Nepalese nobility