{{Short description|Former Princess of Nepal}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox royalty | name = Purnika Rajya Laxmi Devi Shah | image = Purnika Shah.png | caption = Princess Purnika in 2019 | full name = {{langx|en|Purnika Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah}} {{langx|ne|पूर्णिका राज्य लक्ष्मी देवी शाह}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|12|12|df=y}} | birth_place = Nirmal Niwas, Kathmandu | father = Paras, Crown Prince of Nepal | mother = Himani, Crown Princess of Nepal | house = Shah dynasty | house-type = Dynasty | religion = Hinduism }} {{Nepalese Royal Family}} '''Purnika Rajya Laxmi Devi Shah''' (Nepali: पूर्णिका राज्य लक्ष्मी देवी शाह) (born 12 December 2000) is a former Princess of Nepal. She is the eldest daughter of Paras, the Crown Prince of Nepal and Crown Princess Himani. She is a granddaughter of King Gyanendra and Queen Komal.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-12-31 |title=Ex Crown Prince Paras attends Shiva Sena Nepal's programme (with photos) |url=https://kathmandupost.com/miscellaneous/2015/12/31/ex-crown-prince-paras-attends-shiva-sena-nepals-programme |access-date=2023-06-07 |website=The Kathmandu Post |language=English}}</ref>
== 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Future Rani of Nepal |url=http://www.nepalmonitor.com:80/newslook/2006/08/rani_of_nepal.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061125095059/http://www.nepalmonitor.com/newslook/2006/08/rani_of_nepal.html |archive-date=2006-11-25 |access-date=2025-09-15 |website=Nepal Monitor}}</ref> The House of Representatives subsequently approved the bill,<ref>{{Cite web |title=A NEW IDENTITY FOR NEPAL |url=http://www.telegraphnepal.com/news_det.php?news_id=1603 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203034753/http://www.telegraphnepal.com/news_det.php?news_id=1603 |archive-date=2007-12-03 |access-date=2025-09-15 |website=telegraphnepal.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Showing a red flag to a bull |url=http://www.nepalitimes.com/issue/314/Backside/12434 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717125943/http://www.nepalitimes.com/issue/314/Backside/12434 |archive-date=2011-07-17 |access-date=2025-09-15 |website=Nepali Times}}</ref> 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 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nepal ex-prince's family leaves |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7511770.stm |publisher=BBC |date=2008-07-17 |access-date=2008-08-17 }}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.nepalmonitor.com/newslook/2006/08/rani_of_nepal.html Royal Court of Nepal]
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