Proposed Engagement
Dipendra was in England between 1987 and 1990, and his local guardian was Baronet Jeremy Bagge, whose son Charles was also at Eton. Jeremy's daughter Shelly was a friend of Devyani who was also studying in England at the time. Dipendra and Devyani met at the Bagges' Norfolk home, and Dipendra quickly fell in love with her and asked to marry her. However, Dipendra's parents, and especially his mother Aishwarya Rajya Laxmi Rana, opposed the marriage. Devyani's friends also began to suspect Dipendra was hitting her, although she denied it.
According to published reports, the refusal of Dipendra's parents to consent to this marriage was the cause of the massacre of the royal family in Nepal.
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