Eyewitnesses of Crown Prince Dipendra’s massacre of his parents and seven other royals during a family dinner told government investigators in Nepal that the prince went on the rampage because of his parents’ opposition to his choice of bride.

The Nepalese capital was still under curfew and in turmoil tonight - with hundreds of tourist trapped in a kingdom that does not trust its new ruler.

A former British soldier who witnessed Bloody Sunday as a civilian claimed today the killings were ‘‘premeditated murder’’.