Bhutan to crown its fifth king in November

Extract from Reuters

“THIMPHU, July 23 (Reuters) – Bhutan will crown its fifth king on Nov. 6, ending a two-year wait for an auspicious date for the 27-year-old Oxford-educated King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck to don the Raven Crown.

 Jigme Khesar became king late in 2006 after his father abdicated, but astrologers said last year was an inauspicious time for him to be crowned in the reclusive, mainly Buddhist Himalayan nation.

 Last week, the king ratified Bhutan’s first constitution, formally ending a century of royal rule and establishing a parliamentary democracy with the monarch as head of state.

 It had all been the idea of the country’s fourth king, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, who forced his largely reluctant people to accept democracy.”

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