Sunday, January 30, 2022

Hope Cooke, an American, was the last Queen of Sikkim. (1960s)

 


Hope Cooke is an American who was the "Gyalmo" of the 12th Chogyal of Sikkim, Palden Thondup Namgyal. Their wedding took place in March 1963. She was termed Her Highness The Crown Princess of Sikkim and became the Gyalmo of Sikkim at Palden Thondup Namgyal's coronation in 1965


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  1. She looks Irish! Did she have rings on her fingers, and bells on her toes?

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  2. Her step-son: http://www.siblac.org/chogyal.html

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  3. I lived in Gangtok, Sikkim for a while back in the 1990s. Loved every minute of it!

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  4. Fascinating !! And she's still with us in Brooklyn (Park Slope ?)

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  5. Pretty girl. The Chogyal had good taste.

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