Prekshya Shah

Prekshya Shah, GCVO (19 January 1953 – 12 November 2001) was a former princess of Nepal who died in a 9N-AFP Ecuirrel helicopter accident in Rara Lake along with three other passengers.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Life

Princess Prekshya was the younger sister of Queen Aishwarya of Nepal and Queen Komal of Nepal. She was educated at St Mary's School, Jawalakhel; St Helen's Convent, Kurseong; and Tribhuvan University.

Prekshya married his second cousin Prince Dhirendra, a brother of King Birendra at Kathmandu, on 13 February 1972. Prekshya and Dhirendra had three daughters:^[6]

• Princess Puja Rajya Laxmi Devi (b. 1977).
• Princess Sitashma Rajya Laxmi Devi (b. 1979).^[7]
• Princess Dilasha Rajya Laxmi Devi.

Dhirendra and Prekshya divorced in the 1980s. Dhirendra was killed in the Nepalese royal massacre on 1 June 2001. Princess Prekshya died on 12 November 2001, in a helicopter crash.^[8][9]

Patronages

• Member of Raj Sabha (1977).
• Co-Chief of the Scout Movement of Nepal (1975).

Styles

• Lady Prekshya Rajya Laxmi (1952–1972).
• HRH Princess Prekshya Rajya Laxmi Devi Shah of Nepal (1972–2001).

Honours

National honours

• Member of the Order of the Gurkha Right Hand, 1st class (1975).
• Member of the Order of the Three Divine Powers, 1st class (23 October 2001).
• King Birendra Investiture Medal (24 February 1975).

Foreign honours

• Honorary Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO, 17 February 1986).

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