In Bhutan , the government moved from absolute monarchy to constitutional monarchy following planned parliamentary elections to the Tshogdu in 2003 , and the election of a National Assembly in 2008 . Nepal had several swings between constitutional rule and direct rule related to the Nepalese Civil War , the Maoist insurgency , and the 2001 Nepalese royal massacre , with the Nepalese monarchy being abolished on May 28 , 2008 . In Tonga , the King had majority control of the Legislative Assembly until 2010
Nepalese royal massacre
Nepalese royal massacre
Absolute monarchy