Nepalese officials have taken control of the main royal palace in Katmandu, a day after deposed King Gyanendra left to begin life as a civilian.
A team of government officials were making a last count of items in the Narayanhiti palace, which will soon be turned into a museum, said Govind Kusum, a member of the team.
The items include a jewel-studded crown and other valuable artifacts held by the Shah dynasty during their 239-year rule over the Himalayan nation.
The elite royal guards who have protected the king and the palace were also being replaced by civilian police.
Nepal outlawed the monarchy and declared a republic last month after elections in which the country's former communist rebels won the most seats in a special assembly charged with rewriting the constitution.
Gyanendra and his wife, Komal, left the main palace Wednesday night escorted by police and soldiers and moved to Nagarjung, a summer retreat on top of a forested hill just west of the capital, Katmandu.
The former king's new home is among the royal residences that were nationalized, but the government is allowing him to live there since his son is living in the family's private Katmandu residence.
The area was guarded by police and soldiers. There were no supporters or protesters outside the ex-king's new address Thursday.
"I have no intention or thoughts to leave the country," Gyanendra said on Wednesday, hours before leaving the palace.
"I have accepted the decision," he told reporters.
The Narayanhiti palace has been Gyanendra's home since he took over the throne from his slain brother in 2001 after a massacre in which a gunman, allegedly the crown prince, assassinated King Birendra and much of the royal family before killing himself.
The former king does not leave public life a pauper, even if his palaces have been nationalized and his US$3.1 million ($NZ4.1 million) annual allowance cut.
Before assuming the throne, he was known as a tough businessman with interests in tourism, tea and tobacco. He also inherited much of his family's wealth after the palace massacre.
