Bhutan queen jetsun pema biography samples

Jetsun Pema is the queen consort (Druk Gyaltsuen, literally meaning Dragon Queen) of Bhutan, as the wife of King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck.

Her ancestor is also the 48th Druk Desi and 10th Penlop of Trongsa Jigme Namgyal (father of King Ugyen Wangchuck and of her great-great-grandmother, Ashi Yeshay Choden).

The King and the Queen of Bhutan are distant cousins.

Jetsun Pema's early education took place in Thimphu at the Little Dragon School, the Sunshine School (1995–96) and finally the Changangkha Lower Secondary School (1997–98).

She then received a convent education at St. Joseph's Convent in Kalimpong, West Bengal, India, from 1999–2000. She then began her tertiary education by enrolling at Regent's College in London, where she graduated international relations with psychology and art history as minor subjects.

On 20 May 2011, during the opening of the Parliament's seventh session, the king announced their engagement,