Monarch owes electricity bill, cheque probably lost in mail
If you ever have the chance to read it, pick up Sue Townsend’s The Queen and I. It’s a short, snappy, humorous book about what would happen if the British monarchy were disposed and forced to live in a low-class housing estate and live ordinary lives.
Alternatively, you could just follow the latest news in Nepal about the country’s ex-monarchy, which was abolished just this May when the country became a republic.
According to good old Auntie Beeb, the Nepal Electricity Authority is demanding over one million dollars in owed unpaid bills within the next 15 days, or else their power will be shut off. There has been no comment from ex-King Gyanendra or his family, sparing us from having to read about how the cheque had already been sent (but you know how the post office is, eh?).
It’s not all doom and gloom, however. The former royals still own many palaces and bungalows in the capital, Kathmandu, and elsewhere in Nepal. So, even if the power is turned off in all their homes, they can still live the good life in a magnificent palace. They just have to do it under candlelight.
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