What is Queen Ratna of Nepal?
[[File:Queen Ratna of Nepal 1967.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Queen Ratna in 1967]] '''Ratna Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah''' (born 19 August 1928) was [[Queen consort]] of [[Nepal]] from 1955 to 1972 and [[Queen Mother]] from 1972 to 2008 when the royal family were removed of all titles and privileges.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7163034.stm |title=South Asia &#124; Vote to abolish Nepal's monarchy |publisher=BBC News |date=28 December 2007 |access-date=14 January 2013}}</ref> She is the second wife of King [[Mahendra of Nepal]] (1920–1972). Queen Ratna belongs to the aristocratic [[Rana dynasty|Rana family]]. She is the daughter of late Honorary General Hari Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana and his wife, Megha Kumari Rajya Lakshmi. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category-inline|Queen Ratna of Nepal}} *[http://www.nepalmonarchy.gov.np/english.php Royal Court of Nepal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061211091636/http://www.nepalmonarchy.gov.np/english.php |date=2006-12-11 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ratna, Queen Mother Of Nepal}} [[Category:1928 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Nepalese Hindus]] [[Category:Kings and Queens consort]] [[Category:Dames Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion of the Netherlands]] {{bio-stub}}