Swept along by the gawping interest in the British royal wedding, India Real Time couldn't help but speculate about a bride for India's own "crown prince," prime-minister-in-waiting Rahul Gandhi. Turns out, though, the next royal wedding in South Asia will be a little further east (unless Mr. Gandhi makes an announcement between now and October).
- Reuters
- Bhutan's 31-year-old monarch, King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck with his fiancée Jetsun Pema.
Bhutan's 31-year-old monarch, King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, livened up the new session of the Bhutanese Parliament, which opened Friday, by announcing that he would get married in less than six months.
"As king, it is now time for me to marry," he announced at the end of his address to Parliament, according to Bhutan's official newspaper Kuensel. "After much thought, I have decided that the wedding shall be later this year." This came as a relief for many in Bhutan—where the royal family is revered—who were worried that the king had not yet married at his age.
The bride, Jetsun Pema, is a decade younger than her husband-t [...]
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