Bhutan Queen

King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, and Queen Jetsun Pema pose after they were married at the Punakha Dzong, in Punakha, Bhutan, October 13, 2011.

Thirty-one year old King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, the world's youngest monarch, married 21-year-old Jetsun Pema Thursday at a 17th-century monastery fortress in Punakha, Bhutan's ancient capital.

During the ceremony, the king wore a royal yellow sash over a golden robe with multicolored boots. The queen, the daughter of an airline pilot, wore an elegant outfit of gold, red and black. At the end of series of rituals, she was crowned and took the throne.

Thousands of people dressed in traditional colored robes stood outside. Singers chanted celebratory songs amid the beating of drums.

Oxford-educated hereditary monarch Wangchuck is the fifth Druk Gyalpo, or king of the Land of the Thunder Dragon. Some of his subjects also refer to him as "The People's King."

Wangchuck became Bhutan's first constitutional king in 2008 two years after his father, King Jigme Singye, voluntarily stepped down and ordered that a constitution be drafted and the country shift to a parliament-based democracy.

Bhutan is a landlocked nation of only 635,000 people, tucked away in the Himalayas between India and China. The country takes great measures to preserve its culture and is often described in fairy tale-like language by world travelers who get the rare chance to visit.

This is Shangri La. Not everyone is privileged to get there. Worldwide, greed is the root cause of all evils, but since Bhutan has these restrictions, it is much more happier than the rest of us. And their education systems stress more on factors other than always being first and always competing. Bhutan now uses computers for eGovernance. It was a matter of great pride to meet the man who single-handedly put their Dzongkha font onto Debian Linux. Thank God they do not have a Wall Street!

I really don't think sending a crazy right wing religious fanatic who is less popular in the polls than Rick Perry and has repeatedly demonstrated a very poor grasp of our own country's history would be a good way to foster positive relations between our countries.

Congratulations to the royal couple.They make a stunning couple.Many year's of happiness I wish for you and your families along with good health.I wish also that you be blessed with healthy happy children .