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Bhutan

New photos released for Queen of Bhutan’s 33rd birthday

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4th June 2023

Bhutan’s Royal House has released two new images of Queen Jetsun Pema for her 33rd birthday.

Both photos were taken outside Lingkana Palace in Thimphu.

Royal Office for Media
Royal Office for Media

The Queen was most recently seen at the wedding of Crown Prince Hussein of Jordan to Rajwa Alsaif on 1 June in Amman. Alsaif was named HRH Princess Rajwa Al Hussein of Jordan after the wedding by King Abdullah.

Queen Jetsun Pema attended alongside her sister-in-law, Princess Euphelma. Euphelma is the sister of King Jigme Khesar and the wife of Jetsun Pema’s brother, Thinley Norbu.

The Queen and Princess at the Jordanian royal wedding. Photo: Royal Hashemite Court

Jetsun Pema and her husband, King Jigme Khesar, were also at the Coronation of King Charles III in May.

Jetsun Pema was born on 2 June 1990 to Dhondup Gyaltshen and Aum Sonam Choki. She married the King in October 2011, and they now have two sons together, Crown Prince Jigme Namgyel (b. 2016) and Prince Ugyen Wangchuck (b. 2020).

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Brittani is from Tennessee, USA. She is a political scientist and historian after graduating with a degree in the topics from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in December 2014. She also holds a master's degree from Northeastern University. She enjoys reading and researching all things regarding the royals of the world. She's been researching, reading, and writing on royalty for over a decade. She became Europe Editor in October 2016, and then Deputy Editor in January 2019, and has been featured on several podcasts, radio shows, news broadcasts and websites including Global News Canada, ABC News Australia, WION India and BBC World News.