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. AggieJanuary 30, 2022 at 8:38 PM

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

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  2. The Overgrown HobbitJanuary 30, 2022 at 9:52 PM

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

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  3. RikJanuary 30, 2022 at 10:30 PM

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

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  4. Bob HJanuary 31, 2022 at 9:36 AM

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

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  5. jabrwokJanuary 31, 2022 at 9:48 AM

    Pretty girl. The Chogyal had good taste.

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