Bhutan celebrates coronation of new king

The new king of Bhutan has been crowned in a lavish coronation ceremony in the isolated Himalayan kingdom.

King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, 28, an Oxford-educated bachelor, becomes the world’s youngest monarch.

He has become head of state of the world’s newest democracy after his father abdicated in 2006 as Bhutan changed to a constitutional monarchy.

The coronation of the Buddhist nation’s fifth hereditary king fell in what is known in Bhutan as the month of the male earth rat.

‘Gross National Happiness’

The ceremony comprised an ancient and colourful ritual in a white-walled royal palace in the capital, Thimphu. ….. read more
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Pictures of Bhutan Coronation
BBC – In pictures: Bhutan coronation
Boston Big Picture – Bhutan crowns a new King

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Tony Leung marries Carina Lau in Bhutan

Tony Leung marries Carina Lau in Bhutan on the 21st July 2008, and the internet was flooded with news of the union.

Here are some of the newsite carrying the news from AP ad Agency
IHT
China.org.cn
China Daily
Singapore Straits Times
And some pictures released by Jet Tone

Tony Leung and Carina Lau at their wedding ceremony in Bhutan. (Reuters)

 

Hong Kong actors Tony Leung and Carina Lau pose with young Bhutanese monks during their wedding ceremony in the Kingdom of Bhutan July 21, 2008

A Maiden Trip to the Last Shangri-la

Joni Herison made his maiden trip to Bhutan in early May of 2008.
Here is the link to his trip to the Land of Thunder Dragon.