[3] In 1972, King Mahendra suffered a fatal heart attack while hunting in Chitwan National Park.

[4] On the evening of June 1, 2001, when the Nepalese royal massacre took place, Ratna was sitting with her sister-in-law Princess Helen Shah in the anteroom, and thus survived.

[7] All members of the royal family had to evacuate the Narayanhiti Palace, with the exception of Queen Ratna.

The Maoist government, however, confiscated numerous palaces that her husband Mahendra had built on his personal property as gifts to her.

Due to public backlash, the government was forced to restore the power to the Mahendra Manzil Palace after 20 hours.

An elite team of five doctors attended to her, and she was visited by her son Gyanendra and daughter in-law Queen Komal with homemade food.