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Bhutan's royal wedding
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King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (L) and newly crowned Queen of Bhutan Jetsun Pema (R) pose after their marriage ceremony at the Dzong monastery in Punakha, Bhutan.
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King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema, meet locals after they were married at the Punakha Dzong in Punakha, Bhutan. The 31-year-old reformist monarch of the small Himalayan Kingdom wed his commoner bride in a series of ceremonies in the 17th century monastic fortress.
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King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck accompanied by Queen Jetsun Pema holding a baby as they meet people after their wedding at the Punakha Dzong in Punakha, Bhutan.
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King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema pose after they were married at the Punakha Dzong, in Punakha, Bhutan.
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Newly crowned Queen of Bhutan Jetsun Pema and King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck walk after their marriage ceremony at the Dzong monastery in Punakha, Bhutan.
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King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck and queen Jetsun Pema sit during Buddhist blessings prior to their marriage at the Punakha Dzong, in Punakha, Bhutan.
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King of Bhutan and future queen stand together during their marriage ceremony in the main courtyard of the 17th-century fortified monastery or dzong in Punakha.
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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 Bhutan's ancient capital Punakha.
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King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (CL) and future queen Jetsun Pema (CR) stand together during their marriage ceremony in the main courtyard of the 17th-century fortified monastery or dzong in Punakha.
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Bhutan's 31-year-old king marries a student 10 years his junior on October 13 in an isolated valley high in the Himalayas where thousands of nomads and villagers have gathered to celebrate.
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Future queen Jetsun Pema walks towards the Punkaha Dzong to take part in her wedding to King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck in Bhutan's ancient capital Punakha.
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King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (CL) and future queen Jetsun Pema (CR) stand together during their marriage ceremony in the main courtyard of the 17th-century fortified monastery or dzong in Punakha.
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A Bhutanese staff member places a ribbon under a portrait of King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck and future Queen Jetsun Pema, outside the Lungten Zanpa School in the capital of Thimphu, Bhutan.
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