All About Royal Families

On 5 February 2016 Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck was born at Lingkana Palace, Thimphu, Bhutan. Family His parents are King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck of Bhutan and his wife, Queen Jetsun Pema. He is a member of the House of Wangchuck.  His name was announced on 16 April 2016. In 2019 he received a younger brother who was named:  Jigme Ugyen Wangchuck, Duty In honor of his birth, 108,000 trees were planted by thousands of volunteers in Bhutan. In 2017, in honor of his first birthday, a new damselfly species was named after the crown prince, Megalestes gyalsey. Bhutan Bhutan is oficially known as the Kingdom of Bhutan. It is a landlocked country in the Eastern Himalayas, located between China and India in the geographical subregion of Southern Asia.  It is a mountainous country. Bhutan is known as "Druk Yul," or "Land of the Thunder Dragon".  Nepal and Bangladesh are located near Bhutan but do not share a land border.   The country has a population of over 754,000 and t

Following the royal families certainly is as a big circle of life. They have very happy moments such as births and weddings but there are sad things too. One of the most saddest moments in recent history was the Royal Massacre of Nepal, which took place on 1 June 2001. Then Crown Prince Dipendra opened fire at a house on the grounds of the Narayanhity Royal Palace, the residence of the Nepalese Royal Family. At that moment a party was being held. Crown Prince Dipendra shot and killed his father, King Birendra, his mother, Queen Aishwarya and seven other members of the royal family before shooting himself in the head. King Birendra of Nepal His motive for the murders is unknown but as always there are various theories. One of them was the fact that Dipendra wanted to marry Devyani Rana, whom he had met in the United Kingdom. However he had to give up his claim to the throne in order to marry her (because she came from a lower-class of Indian royal fam

On 23 June 1903, King Tribhuwan, also written Tribhuvan, was born in Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal. Source picture: Wikipedia Family Tribhuvan was the son of Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah and Queen Divyeshwari Laxmi Devi Shah. Reign After the death of his father, Tribhuvan ascended the throne on 11 December 1911 at the age of 8. His mother was appointed as regent until King Tribhuvan would come to his age. Tribhuvan and his sons - Source picture: Wikipedia Love and marriage In March 1919, King Tribhuvan married Queen Kanti of Nepal as his first wife. In a double ceremony he took Queen Kanti's sister, Queen Ishwari as his second wife. He also had junior wives. King Tribhuvan had 3 sons and 13 daughters. Source picture: Wikipedia Duty In that time, the position of monarch was mainly titular. The real power in the country was executed by the conservative Rana family, which supplied the country with its hereditary Prime Minister. Du