SOLDIERS serving in North Yorkshire have been among millions of people around the world stunned by the massacre of the Nepalese royal family.
Catterick Garrison is home to a regiment of Gurkhas - fighting troops from the Himalayas who share a special alliance with the British armed forces.
A shrine has been constructed at the Army base, where individuals have been saying prayers and lighting candles in memory of the nine who died in the palace in Kathmandu at the weekend.
However, a spokesman confirmed that none of the soldiers had followed custom by having their heads shaved in mourning
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