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Nepal king officially told to go Eviction notice for Nepalese king
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Nepal's government has formally told the deposed monarch to vacate the royal palace within the next two weeks.Nepal's government has formally told the deposed monarch to vacate the royal palace within the next two weeks.
Correspondents say that the order has officially been relayed to him on Friday - a national holiday. Correspondents say that the order was officially relayed to him on Friday - a national holiday.
Nepalese television stations have meanwhile broadcast video filmed overnight of trucks being driven from the palace to Gyanendra's private home. Nepalese television stations have broadcast video of trucks being driven from the palace to Gyanendra's private home, filmed overnight.
Protesters celebrating the end of the monarchy clashed with police near the palace in Kathmandu late on Thursday. Meanwhile, the government has denied rumours that the deposed king left the palace late on Thursday.
The protesters shouted anti-king slogans, threw stones at the police and tried to storm the palace. The government has set up a committee to audit palace property prior to nationalisation.
At least 25 people were injured when police beat the crowd back with sticks. Ministers say that Gyanendra will move house in co-ordination with the authorities. He has been sent a copy of the assembly resolution which almost unanimously abolished the crown, and a letter asking that he move out.
Nepal's new constituent assembly, led by the Maoists, voted late on Wednesday to abolish the monarchy, turning the country into a republic after 240 years of being a kingdom.
'Agitated'
Home Secretary Umesh Mainali told the Associated Press news agency that the order was delivered to the palace on Friday morning.
He said that Gyanendra was still in the palace, although his daughter-in-law, Hemani, had moved to a private home in the northern part of the city.
Head to head: Nepal's monarchyIn pictures: End to royal ruleWhat next for Nepal?Head to head: Nepal's monarchyIn pictures: End to royal ruleWhat next for Nepal?
A palace official is also reported by the agency as saying that the former king is preparing to move to the Nirmal Niwas - the walled compound in Kathmandu where he lived with his family before becoming king in June 2001. It is believed the former king and his wife will move to a private family residence in northern Kathmandu called Jeevan Kunj.
Newspapers have reported that the government has appointed a task force to audit royal property. Next door is the house where he used to live, called Nirmal Niwas.
Security around the palace had been increased after the clashes on Thursday. But his son, ex-prince Paras, now lives there with his family - contrary to the usual Nepalese practice of married sons staying with their parents.
The royal flag, a square standard decorated with a flag-waving lion, has now been replaced with the national flag - a red banner of two triangles adorned with a sun and moon. The BBC's Charles Haviland, in Kathmandu, says that it is not known where Gyanendra's ageing stepmother, former queen mother Ratna, will stay.
"Until Gyanendra announces with his own voice that he has left the palace and he has accepted the mandate of the people, the people will remain agitated," Reuters news agency quoted Nepali citizen Hem Lal Bhandari as saying. She has lived in a lodge at the royal palace ever since marrying Gyanendra's father after his first wife, her own elder sister, died.
Last Sunday, administrators of a national archive warned the authorities that they must work to protect papers held at the royal palace, some of which date back as much as 2,000 years.
One, Kanak Dixit, told the BBC there was a lack of sober reflection on such matters during what he called the current "populist posturing".
The abolition of the monarchy was a key demand of the former rebels who emerged from April's elections to the assembly as the biggest party.The abolition of the monarchy was a key demand of the former rebels who emerged from April's elections to the assembly as the biggest party.
The former king has yet to make any comment on Wednesday's vote.The former king has yet to make any comment on Wednesday's vote.
Correspondents say the Maoists and other politicians are being conciliatory, saying the king should live on in Nepal as a private citizen.Correspondents say the Maoists and other politicians are being conciliatory, saying the king should live on in Nepal as a private citizen.
Some militant pro-Hindu and pro-royal factions are campaigning against Nepal's shedding of its royal - and its officially Hindu - status.Some militant pro-Hindu and pro-royal factions are campaigning against Nepal's shedding of its royal - and its officially Hindu - status.
The monarchy's fall from grace has come swiftly and was heralded by the 2001 massacre in which the then-crown prince Dipendra killed his family and several other royals.The monarchy's fall from grace has come swiftly and was heralded by the 2001 massacre in which the then-crown prince Dipendra killed his family and several other royals.