Bhutan Royal Wedding: Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck And Jetsun Pema To Wed

THIMPHU, Bhutan — The royal wedding of the king of the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan to his commoner bride has begun with a procession of red-robed monks, the chants of welcome, the clanging of drums and the drone of long trumpets.

King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck, 31, arrived at 8:20 a.m. Thursday at Bhutan's most sacred monastery fortress in the old capital of Punakha wearing the bright yellow sash of royalty. His bride, 21-year-old Jetsun Pema, followed a few minutes later, crossing a wooden footbridge over a wide, blue river beside the fort.

Once inside, the couple took part in a purification ceremony led by the nation's chief Buddhist cleric before moving to the temple for the main portion of the ceremony.

Comments

[sathyasai256]

12:27 AM on 10/14/2011

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[abudotcom]

03:21 PM on 10/13/2011

Lovely Lady.... Congrats to the couple... He is not so bad himself.... :-)

[AlfredE69]

06:56 AM on 10/13/2011

I can see why he married her - what a babe!!

[Ramkshrestha]

06:03 AM on 10/13/2011

Wedding is wedding, however; always royal and celebrity wedding very special all over the world

[GrownupStewie]

03:43 AM on 10/13/2011

she's really pretty...good job. I hope she's smart too...I have a feeling she is quite a bit smarter than he is, and will run that country in no time with an iron fist, turning from an ancient society to an asian powerhouse before she is to become a martyr by drug cartels....

or she is just be lovely and visit hospitals and stuff...

[Catothemuchyounger]

09:37 PM on 10/12/2011

The king is taking a lovely wife.

[abuckley23]

04:41 PM on 10/12/2011

I wonder if he's as badass as his title implies?

[OneSmartGuy]

04:50 PM on 10/12/2011

I recently read that he is a down to earth dude... took a bicycle ride across the country to know his people