The Bhutanese Royal Court has released a new family photo on the occasion of Queen Jetsun Pema’s 35th birthday.
The photo features the Queen with her husband, King Jigme, and their three children: Crown Prince Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck, Prince Jigme Ugyen Wangchuck and Princess Sonam Yangden Wangchuck.
Photo: Royal Court of Bhutan
Jetsun Pema was born on 4 June 1990 as the daughter of Dhondup Gyaltshen and Sonam Choki at the Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital in Thimphu. She is their second eldest child of five and thus has four siblings: Thinley Norbu, Jigme Namgyal, Serchen Doma and Yeatso Lhamo.
She married the King on 13 October 2011, and during the ceremony, the King bestowed the Crown of the Druk Gyaltsuen on her, formally proclaiming her the Queen of the Kingdom of Bhutan. Although Bhutan allows for polygamy, her husband has said he would never marry another woman.
Since becoming Queen, Jetsun has joined her husband on several visits abroad and inside Bhutan. She is also active on social media. She is the Patron of the Royal Society for Protection of Nature, the Ability Bhutan Society, the Bhutan Kidney Association, the Bhutan Kidney Foundation, as well as the UNEP Ozone Ambassador and President of the Bhutan Red Cross Society.
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