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Bhutan released two new portraits of its glamourous queen to mark her 33rd birthday.
Jetsun Pema, the wife of King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, will be celebrating her birthday with her family.
To mark the occasion, the Bhutanese royal household released two stunning portraits of the monarch’s wife on Instagram, where she can be seen posing in a garden.
The Queen, who married her husband in 2011, is the mother of two sons, Prince Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck, seven, and Jigme Ugyen Wangchuck, three.
The Queen recently joined world royalty at the wedding of Crown Prince Hussein and Princess Rajwa Al Hussein of Jordan earlier this week, and attended King Charles’ Coronation with her husband in London in early May.
Bhutan’s royal family has released two new portraits of Queen Jetsun Pema to mark her 33rd birthday
The mother-of-two married the Bhutanese King in 2011. In the new official pictures, she can be seen wearing an elegant pink jacket with floral details
In one of her birthday portraits, the mother-of-two can be seen looking pensive as she poses under the shade of a tree.
She is dressed in an elegant fuchsia jacket with square sleeves and a collar in a lighter shade of pink.
The discreet royal also sports a lavish pair of diamond and ruby earrings for the picture, as well as a gold watch.
Her silky black locks fall straight down her shoulder, and the royal appears to be wearing little makeup, with just a dash of eyeliner and a rosy lip for the occasion.
An Instagram post shared on the Queen’s Instagram account read: ‘On the special occasion of Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen’s 33rd Birth Anniversary, the people of Bhutan offer our unremitting love, admiration, and gratitude to our beloved Queen.
‘Our prayers remain eternally dedicated to Her Majesty’s wellbeing and happiness.’
She recently put on a very elegant display at the wedding of the Jordanian Crown Prince earlier this week.
In early May, Jetsun and King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck also travelled to London, where they attended the coronation of King Charles at Westminster Abbey as well as a reception for foreign heads of state.
Another picture showed the glamourous royal as she attended the wedding of Crown Prince Hussein of Jordan earlier this week
Jetsun Pema and her sister-in-law, Princess Eeuphelma Choden Wangchuck, left, attended the wedding in Jordan
The King and Queen of Bhutan were among the foreign royals who attended the Coronation of King Charles in London on May 6
King Jigme, the hugely popular fifth Druk Gyalpo, studied in the UK and the US and ascended the throne in 2006, aged just 26 after his own father abdicated.
Unlike his son, who plans to have a monogamous marriage, the former King, who introduced democracy to Bhutan during his reign, has four wives, all sisters who he married on the same day.
But despite his own upbringing, the current monarch has made clear that he only plans to have one wife, whom he married on October 13, 2011, when she was still an international relations student at Regent’s College in London.
The couple are the parents of two sons, Prince Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck, seven, right, and Jigme Ugyen Wangchuck, three, left
The match made headlines at the time because the young King was more openly affectionate with his wife than citizens were used to – leaving the couple to be called ‘the William and Kate of the Himalayas’.
The Bhutanese King and Queen married in 2011 – the same year that Prince William and Kate were wed – and have since welcomed two sons.
However, the King’s very public displays of affection – which included kissing his wife on the cheek and holding her hand – was well-received by young people, with many even choosing to follow the royals’ example.
The couple have an unusually close family, with the King’s sister and brother married to the Queen’s brother and sister.
The Queen’s older sister Yeatso Lhamo is married to the King’s brother Prince Jigme Dorji Wangchuck.
In September, Pema and Jigme were among the world leaders who travelled to London to attend Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral at Westminster Abbey.
