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.
Bhutan King Marries, Crowns Queen
Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema kiss in front of the crowd at the main stadium as part of their wedding celebrations in Thimphu, October 15, 2011. (AP)
Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, center, and Queen Jetsun Pema, center left, perform the traditional final dance with guests at the main stadium, including Indian Member of Parliament Rahul Gandhi, bottom second right, as part of their weddi
Guests and locals take part the final dance, or Tashi Labay, during wedding celebrations of Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema at the main stadium in Thimphu. (AP)
Men in traditional costumes perform on the third day of the wedding ceremony of King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema at the Changlimithang stadium in Thimphu. (Reuters)
King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema smile at each other during the Marchang ceremony on the third day of their wedding celebrations at the Changlimithang stadium in Thimphu. (Reuters)
A large Thongdrel is unveiled during wedding celebrations for King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema at the Changlimithang stadium in the capital Thimphu, October 15, 2011. (Reuters)
Holding the national flag local students wait to catch a glimpse of King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema on their return to the capital following their marriage, in Thimphu, October 14, 2011. (AP)
King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema pose after they were married at the Punakha Dzong in Punakha, Bhutan, October 13, 2011. (AP)
King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck holds a young child as he greets locals with Queen Jetsun Pema, center rear, during a celebration after they were married at the Punakha Dzong in Punakha. (AP)
King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema meet locals after they were married. (AP)
King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema are given scarves by locals during a celebration after they were married. (AP)
Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema greet locals. (AP)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Bhuddist monks gather in a courtyard following the blessing of King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema before they are married at the Punakha Dzong in Punakha. (AP)