Wedding King And Queen Of Bhutan

Punakha bhutan bhutans dragon king its charming american and british educated and immensely popular monarch married his longtime girlfriend on thursday in a small private ceremony mixing buddhist spirituality and medieval tradition in the heart of an ancient monastic fortress in the countrys former capital. The king and queen of bhutan are distant cousins.

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The king of bhutan and his 25 year old wife queen jetsun pema dubbed as the william and kate of the himalayas when they married four years ago bhutans queen jetsun pema.

Wedding king and queen of bhutan. She doesnt have any airs. Jetsun pema is the second eldest of five children. Jigme khesar namgyel wangchucks father king jigme singye wangchuck has four wives but jigme khesar namgyel wangchuck promises that jetsun pema will be his only wife and queen as she will forever be irreplaceable in his heart.

She remembers pema who has two brothers and two sisters as an accomplished captain of the school basketball team and someone who won prizes for public speaking. Bhutan royal wedding sourceap the principal of lungtenzampa secondary school kinley pem taught both the king and the future queen at different times. Joy as william and kate of the himalayas become man and wife bhutan royal wedding.

The wedding of jigme khesar namgyel wangchuck king of bhutan and jetsun pema took place on 13 october 2011 at the punakha dzong in punakha bhutan. The exotic royals. The will and kate of the himalayas.

The current king of bhutan jigme khesar namgyel wangchuck married jetsun pema who became queen jetsun pema wangchuck. Her siblings are two brothers thinlay norbu and jigme namgyel and two sisters serchen doma and yeatso lhamo the eldest who is the wife of the kings brother prince gyaltshab jigme dorji wangchuck. Princess kate and prince williams trip to asia kicks off this weekend and the couples week long trip will include a two day stop in the tiny country of bhutan.

The royal wedding was held in simple traditional bhutanese style. As it happens the king and queen of bhutan more awesomely known as the the dragon king and dragon queen have another nickname too. Pride of a people as dragon king prepares to marry beautiful pilots daughter queen.