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International Business Times
| over 1 year ago
Fireworks lit up the sky over Bhutan's capital city of Thimphu on the night of October 16 as the majestic wedding celebrations for Bhutan's Dragon King and his beautiful bride, crowned the Druk Gyal-tsuen or Queen, came to an end after a three days...
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Asia Times Online
| over 1 year ago
Fireworks lit up the sky over Bhutan's capital city of Thimphu on the night of October 16 as the country marked the end of three-days of colorful celebration for a royal wedding. While the tiny nation is home to just about 700,000 people, the wedding...
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Kuwait Times
| over 1 year ago
Thousands packed the capital's sports stadium to see King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, a hugely popular 31-year-old Oxford University graduate, and his newly crowned queen, Jetsun Pema. A rich cultural program showcasing traditional Bhutanese...
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China Post
| over 1 year ago
The newly married king of Bhutan and his 21-year-old bride greeted huge crowds of well-wishers on Friday during a day-long trip spent largely on foot returning to their palace in the capital. The hugely popular 31-year-old King Jigme Khesar Namgyel...
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Washington Post
| over 1 year ago
Bhutan Tens of thousands of Bhutanese have crammed into a stadium in the capital for a reception celebrating the wedding of their beloved king to their new queen. King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck married Jetsun Pema in a Buddhist ceremony Thursday...
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International Business Times
| over 1 year ago
Bhutan Royal Couple to Honeymoon in the Incredible State of India' (Photos) Oct 15, 2011 02:46 AM EDT Bhutan's fifth "Dragon King" Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck married a commoner, Jetsun Pema, in a royal ceremony at Bhutan's ancient capital Punakha...
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The Courier-Mail
| over 1 year ago
S newly-married king and his 21-year-old bride greeted huge crowds of well-wishers today as they made their way on foot back to the capital along windy Himalayan roads. The hugely popular 31-year-old king, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, married and...
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The Hindu
| over 1 year ago
After a simple yet spectacular wedding, Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema on Friday began a historical journey from this ancient city to capital Thimphu as thousands of people lined up the road and gave a rousing...
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Tulsa World
| over 1 year ago
King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck holds a child as he greets locals with Queen Jetsun Pema during a celebration after they were married in Punakha, Bhutan, on Thursday. The 31-year-old and his bride were wed in a 17th-century monastic fortress...In...
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Bhutan Observer
| over 1 year ago
Ap Tsheten Dorji, 75, from Jakar in Bumthang said it is the best time of his life to be able to come back to the capital to perform at the twilight of his life...We are thankful to the organizers who made our get-together and to be part of this...
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Bhutan Observer
| over 1 year ago
Most appropriately, the royal union was sanctified at the birthplace of the Bhutanese monarchy where the Male River and Female River meet to form a deeper and more significant life-giving stream of gift for the Bhutanese people. As thousands of...
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International Business Times
| over 1 year ago
The royal wedding was a sharp contrast to the nuptials of Britain's Prince William and Catherine Middleton, the other royal wedding of the year this one in far-off, remote Bhutan adopted a distinctly different tone. There were no star-studded...
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Telegraph India
| over 1 year ago
36 AM Sunset : 5:10 PM Today Partly cloudy sky...Punakha (Bhutan), Oct. 13: The only consolation for being piled into buses at three in the morning and hauled up a rutted mountain road in a groaning column stone-boiled eggs and coleslaw sandwiches at...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| over 1 year ago
Story continues below Just married ...King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, right, holds a young child as he greets locals with his new Queen. Photo: AP The "Dragon King", an Oxford graduate who came to power in 2008 at the start of democracy in...
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BBC
| over 1 year ago
Bhutan's King Jigme weds in colourful ceremony 13 October 2011 Last updated at 15:37 ET Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk has married his commoner bride in a lavish ceremony at a monastic fortress in the Himalayan nation. King Jigme is...
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Mail Online UK
| over 1 year ago
King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck wore a crown adorned with a raven's head and drank from a chalice of ambrosia during the sumptuous ceremony in the ancient capital of Punakha. The Oxford-educated 31-year-old is revered as the insular country...
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Washington Post
| over 1 year ago
Bhutan Placing an embroidered silk crown on her head, Bhutan's Dragon King married his longtime girlfriend Thursday in a small, private ceremony mixing Buddhism and medieval tradition, in the heart of a huge monastic fortress in the country's former...
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Asian Tribune
| over 1 year ago
03 editor Bhutan's fifth monarch, 31-year-old King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk, married 21-year-old Jetsun Pema at a traditional Buddhist ceremony on Thursday morning, agency reports said. The wedding took place at a majestic monastery-fortress,...
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NewKerala
| over 1 year ago
India Thursday felicitated Bhutan's king and queen on their marriage, wishing them health and happiness, and said it looked forward to welcoming the royal couple later this month. On the occasion of the royal wedding in Bhutan, President Pratibha...
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United Press International
| over 1 year ago
King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck of Bhutan married the commoner daughter of an airline pilot Thursday in Punakha...The monarch wore a yellow band and a Raven Crown, symbols of the monarchy. His bride, Jetsun Pema, wore gold and was accompanied by...
