She was a 7-year-old little girl who went to a picnic and met the Crown Prince of Bhutan. He was a teen aged 17 at that time.
The two spent the day playing together and at the end of it, Crown Prince Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, who is now King of Bhutan, told her that in ten years, if they were both single and liked each other, they would marry.
Many years later, the little girl had grown up to a beautiful young lady and they met each other again when she was a student in University. Jetsun Pema charmed the King with her wisdom and beauty. He fell for her at once and decided that he would marry no one except her. She was then became the Queen of Bhutan.
What makes their love story a modern day fairytale is that the Queen has no royal blood. Her father is just an airline pilot. When the King chose her, an ordinary people, many in Bhutan questioned him and their 10 years age gap was also one of the concern.
But when the King announced his engagement with her in May 2011, he stated that she had all the qualities that are required to be a queen and that the country would be very fortunate to have her as the queen. The countrymen, who adored their fifth King, supported him.
They also supported their King’s choice who, after having ascended the throne in 2008 as a 28 year old, married only at age 31 because he wanted to wait for the right person and he believed he had found the right person, after met Jetsun Pema.
Not long after she was crowned the Queen, she has found immense love from the people of Bhutan who believe that the King chose her because they are extremely compatible. The youth idolise her as she isn’t from the Royal bloodline.Her elegance and simplicity are endearing to the young Bhutanese.
And its not just the Bhutanese, but people from across the world were touched by their love story.
Even though polygamy is legal in Bhutan and the 4th King, the current King’s father has four wives, the King stating that he will never marry another woman and Jetsun Pema will be his only wife, forever.
What a beautiful love story from a country with the highest happiness quotient in the world!