Jetsun Pema, the youngest queen in the world, blows out 31 candles

Jetsun Pema del Bhutan, the youngest queen in the world, turns 31. To celebrate it, the royal house of Bhutan, known as the “happiest country in the world”, posted on Instagram a new portrait of the sovereign, accompanied by a long message in which he wishes the «kind and benevolent queen», who «fills all our hearts with courage and hope», «our sincere prayers for the eternal welfare of Her Majesty».

The ruler of Bhutan, born on 4 June 1990, former bourgeois, since 2011 she is married to Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck, 41, who gave up polygamy for her. The rulers have two sons: the Crown Prince Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck, born in 2016, and second son Jigme Ugyen, who celebrated a year in spring.

The rulers of Bhutan are much loved in the kingdom at the foot of the Himalayas. For their contemporaneity and openness in a country that, by the Constitution, privileges the fil, the gross internal happiness. But also for harmony and serenity that they transmit to the people also through the images posted on their official Instagram profiles.

The two made half the world dream with their beautiful love story. Ten years apart, Jigme fell in love with her when Jetsun was only 17. But in reality their gazes had met many years ago, when Jetsun was only seven. They were in a park in Thimphu, the capital of the Kingdom. Passionate about fine arts, painting and basketball, Jetsun was captain of the basketball team during her school years. The two meet again when he he has already been king for two years. Despite his young age – he was born in 1980 – his father left him the throne of a nation that has recently opened up to modernity. Jetsun catches him with that perfect face of hers, the small body, i kind ways.

The two begin a secret relationship, but she asks for time: she wants to fly to London to study International Relations, Psychology and History of Art at Regent’s College. Jigme pleases her: she feels she has found a soul mate, even if it is a bourgeois. In 2011, Jigme can’t wait any longer, and she agrees to marry him.

It was a wedding of a thousand and one nights: the wedding celebrations lasted three days and involved the whole country. And the “Dragon King”, immediately after the “yes”, made a memorable gesture: although the law of Bhutan allows polygamy, he solemnly swore that he would give up the right to take other wives. “I chose her and she alone”.

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