Bhutan’s Queen Jetsun Pema, who turns 33, has a Himachal connection

Bhutan’s Queen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck, who celebrates her 33rd birth anniversary on Sunday, has a deep connection with this beautiful hill station in Himachal Pradesh. The world’s youngest queen consort Jetsun Pema was a student of the prestigious Lawrence School here for two years. No one knew then that the tall, slender girl would one day marry the King of Bhutan. In 2011, King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck of Bhutan announced that he would marry Jetson Pema, an alumnus of the 176-year-old prestigious co-educational residential Lawrence School near Kasauli, where actor Sanjay Dutt and the former head of Jammu and Kashmir attended. Minister Omar Abdullah had studied once.

Pema’s younger sister Serchen Doma was also a student of the same school. “On this auspicious occasion of the 33rd birth anniversary of our beloved Gyaltsun, Her Majesty Queen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck, we would like to offer our deepest respect, gratitude and love to Her Majesty Gyaltsuen, Her Majesty the Beloved Queen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck. 33rd Birthday,” Bhutan’s Royal The family said in an Instagram post posting their picture.

“Happy Birthday la Your Majesty!” In another post, it said that Her Majesty The Gyaltsun and HRH Princess Eufelma Choden Wangchuck attended the wedding of Jordan’s Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah. Reacting to her birth anniversary, a teacher from Lawrence School, who taught the sisters, told IANS: “We are proud that a student of our school is the Queen of Bhutan. We wish her success to make a difference in the lives of others.” ” Her positivity, love and beautiful spirit.” Jetson was at the school for two years from 2006. One of her former teachers commented, “She was like a normal person and she never thought of herself as belonging to the royal family.” Not painted for. We only knew that she was from Bhutan.”

He was born on 4 June 1990 in Thimphu. Initially, she studied at St. Joseph’s Convent, Kalimpong. Well-versed in Hindi and English, Jetson, as his English teacher recalled, was good at sports including athletics and basketball. “Basketball was his favorite sport. His impressive height of 5’10” gives him an advantage in the sport. In studies, she was very well focused, clear in her concepts and quite sharp in associative skills,” said the former teacher. “Her cheerful face always caught one’s attention”. She was also a member of the school band. And also participated in western dance competitions.

Jetson, who is blue blooded himself, completed his 12th grade from Lawrence School in March 2008. Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, the Oxford-educated king of Bhutan, Asia’s happiest country, married Jetson in October 2011. They now have two sons, Crown Prince Jigme Namgyel and Prince Ugyen Wangchuck. Before their marriage, the king said that the most important characteristic of a future queen is that she should be a good human being and unwavering in her commitment to serve the people and the country. “As my queen, I have found such a person and his name is Jetsun Pema,” said the king, who took power in 2006 after his father Jigme Singye Wangchuck stepped down. Since he has passed away, his alma mater is hoping to receive a royal invitation.