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Bhutan royal wedding: Pomp and pageantry bring festivities to a spectacular end
Three days of majestic wedding celebrations for Bhutan's Dragon King and his true love, a beautiful student who has been crowned the Druk Gyal-tsuen or Queen, came to an end with...
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Bhutan royal wedding: A kiss for his queen as thoroughly modern royal couple celebrate their way
There was clapping and cheering as Bhutan's charismatic 'Dragon King' gave his new queen a kiss on the cheek while presenting her to 30,000 spectators at Changlimithang stadium in Thimpu.
But there was...
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Bhutan royal wedding: Back to basics for country's walking king and new bride
If Bhutan was the happiest place in Asia before the lavish wedding of their dashing 'Dragon King', then the country was positively euphoric as their monarch and his new bride took to the streets to...
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Bhutan royal wedding: Who is the young beauty who has captivated a king and a nation?
Surrounded by red-robed monks, the young bride gliding along in a traditional wraparound skirt and ornate coloured heels was clearly trying to master her nerves.
On Thursday, Jetsun Pema, a 21-year-old...
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Bhutan royal wedding: Joy as 'William and Kate of the Himalayas' become man and wife
At exactly 8.20am – a time ordained by astrologers – the fifth Dragon King of Bhutan proceeded up the steps of the country's most sacred monastic fortress in the ancient capital Punakha...
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Bhutan royal wedding: Pride of a people as Dragon King prepares to marry beautiful pilot's daughter
When Bhutan's charismatic young king was crowned in 2008, tens of thousands of his subjects, including nomadic yak herders, trekked for days from all over the tiny Asian country to salute him.
King Jigme...