2011, The Royal Year

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Year 2011 has been the year of the ROYALS.

On April 29, 2011 in Britain, Prince Williams married Kate Middleton in style, leaving people from all walks of life spellbound. People have remarked that it has been a “stylish marriage”. The Britain’s royal wedding was broadcasted live in almost all the visual news media I have known. The fever of the wedding started from November 2010 when Prince William announced the marriage dates.

The wedding seems to be truly in a traditional style but for 3 billion witnesses. I guess it was an ancient customs tweaked by modern developments. News media’s showed millions of people lined in the route of the royal procession and another half a million in front of the Buckingham Palace to watch the Bride and Groom kiss on the Palace balcony.

I was in the USA watching the entire procession of the royal wedding. I was speaking to one of the professors on the wedding, where he said that he couldn’t believe his eyes and ears that people still seems to be taking “Royal” THING seriously. I was surprised by what he said “I have also been intoxicated by the word ‘royal’ and is starting to make me royal today”. I said to myself, WOW!!!

Tomorrow, exactly after 167 days (five months and 14 days) of Britain’s royal wedding, Bhutan will be witnessing historic event, the wedding of His Majesty the fifth king of Bhutan Jigme Kheser Namgyel Wangchuck and the royal bride Jetsun Pema.

Though Bhutan is a small country in the heart of the mighty Himalayas and the royal is recent compared to the Britain’s royal family, we still see lots of attention around the globe. The only visual news media of Bhutan, BBS (Bhutan Broadcasting Service Limited) reports today “October sees more than 3600 tourist” of which majority are to witness historic royal wedding.

So, on this joyous occasion of royal wedding, I would like to wish our Royal Couple the very prosperous and happy married life. May the Drukyul, the land of Thunder Dragon enjoy the peace and prosperity under the dynamic leader of the royal couple for all times to come.

PALDEN DRUKPA

GYEL-LO.

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