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The Solomonic Dynasty continued to rule Ethiopia with few interruptions until 1974, when the last emperor, Haile Selassie I, was deposed.

The royal family is currently non-regnant.

Members of the family in Ethiopia at the time of the 1974 revolution were imprisoned, some executed and others exiled.

In 1976, ten great grandchildren of Emperor Haile Selassie were extracted from Ethiopia in an undertaking later detailed in a book by Jodie Collins titled " Code word: Catherine ".

The women of the dynasty were released by the Derg regime from prison in 1989, and the men were released in 1990.

Several members were then allowed to leave the country in mid 1990, and the rest left in 1991 upon the fall of the Derg regime.

Many members of the Imperial family have since returned to live in Ethiopia in recent years.