Lavish coronation for Bhutan king
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The new king of Bhutan has been crowned in a lavish coronation ceremony in the isolated Himalayan kingdom.
King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, 28, an Oxford-educated bachelor, becomes the world’s youngest monarch.
He has become head of state of the world’s newest democracy after his father abdicated in 2006 as Bhutan changed to a constitutional monarchy.






















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