Nepal to seize royal lands, king to be "normal citizen" by Deepesh Shrestha Sat Aug 5, 2006 Nepal plans to seize lands owned by King Gyanendra and other royal family members and distribute them to the poor as it moves toward treating the monarch like a "normal citizen," a minister said. Legislation limiting the amount of property the king can hold will be drafted once an inventory of royal properties is completed, Land Reforms Minister Prabhu Narayan Chaudhary said on Saturday in Kathmandu, the capital of the impoverished Himalayan nation. "The seized royal property will be nationalized and handed over...
