I will come to your point. First lets know who Gyanendra is? Not as a heir to the throne but as the second son of King Mahendra, he grew up in the palace and saw Panchyat growing up with him. It is said that Gyanendra was different in behaviour to his elder brother. Not as educated, not as moderate, not as liberal, not as democratic as Birendra. He toured some parts of the country with his brother in his twenty's and got married to the sister of his brother's wife. I mean shared many things with King Birendra. It is said that Gyanendra was relatively cordial and disciplined then the youngest brother Dhirendra so Birendra opted to share some part of his politics to him. Visibly he was given the responsibilty of Mahendra conservation trust to safeguard environmental issues of the country and promote tourism. But as Birendra was busy with the nation's politics, he was the one to handle business interest of the royal palace as well as promote palace's political interest from behind the scenes. He had to visit various countrys of the world, specially Europe, as the 'samrakshak' of Mahendra trust and in the mean time developed relationships with european monarchy and governments. He also started various kinds of businesses as well with the direct support of the palace. Whatever may be the truth, but King Gyanendra is said to be one of the royals to develope the political career of Surya Bahadur Thapa who goes on to become prime minister for 5 th time in a period of some 4 decades.Surya Bahadur thapa in support of Gyanendra was said to be able to mastermind the defeat of democratic alliance in favour of 'Sudharieko Panchayti Bebastha' in the referndm of 2036 BS. In the mean time, Gyanendra, not as much in the scale of his younger brother Dhirendra, however developed some kind of feud with Queen Aishworya on the family business and that continued for the rest of the time. AYWAY HE WAS VERY MUCH RESPONSIBLE FOR SUPRESSING THE EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE MULTI PARTY DEMOCRACY till 2046 when King Birendra decided to accept the peoples quest for democratic (at least freedom of Speech) rights.