Princess Prekshya Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah of Nepal (19 January 1952 – 12 November 2001) was a Princess of Nepal by marriage, who died in a helicopter accident in Rara Lake along with three other passengers.
Prekshya married her second cousin Prince Dhirendra, a brother of King Birendra at Kathmandu, on 13 February 1972.
She and Dhirendra separated when he renounced the style of Royal Highness, which Prekshya did not.
They did not divorce, but Dhirendra went to live in London with an English woman who became his partner.
[6] Dhirendra was killed in the Nepalese royal massacre on 1 June 2001; Prekshya did not attend the event due to back problems.