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Bhutan King Marries, Crowns Queen
King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, 31, the world's youngest monarch, married 21-year-old Jetsun Pema at a 17th-century monastery fortress in Punakha, Bhutan's ancient capital. Oxford-educated hereditary monarch Wangchuck is the fifth Druk Gyalpo, or king of the Land of the Thunder Dragon. Thousands of people dressed in traditional colored robes stood outside. Singers chanted celebratory songs amid the beating of drums.
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King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (2L) and future queen Jetsun Pema (3L) stand together during their marriage ceremony in the main courtyard of the 17th-century fortified monastery or dzong in Punakha. (AFP)
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King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (L) and his bride Jetsun Pema take part in a purification ceremony at the Punkaha Dzong during their wedding ceremony in the ancient capital Punakha. (Reuters)
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King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck walks towards the Punkaha Dzong to take part in his wedding to Jetsun Pema in Bhutan's ancient capital Punakha. (Reuters)
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Future Queen Jetsun Pema (L) walks towards the Punkaha Dzong to take part in her wedding to King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck in Punakha. (Reuters)