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In which [Princess] Anastasija Gemma of Bhutan stays the week at Kensington Palace for Princess Eugenie of York's wedding and catches the eye of P...
The House of Wangchuck (Tibetan: དབང་ཕྱུག་རྒྱལ་བརྒྱུད་, Wylie: Dbang-phyug Rgyal-brgyud) has ruled Bhutan since it was reunified in 1907. Prior to reunification, the Wangchuck family had governed the district of Trongsa as descendants of Dungkar Choji. They eventually overpowered other regional lords and earned the favour of the British Empire. After consolidating power, the 12th Penlop of Trongsa Gongsar Ugyen Wangchuck was elected Druk Gyalpo("Dragon King"), thus founding the royal house. The position of Druk Gyalpo is more commonly known in English as King of Bhutan.
The Wangchuck dynasty ruled government power in Bhutan and established relations with the British Empire and India under its first two monarchs. The third, fourth, and fifth (current) monarchs have put the kingdom on its path toward democratization, decentralization, and development.
The ascendency of the House of Wangchuck is deeply rooted in the historical politics of Bhutan. Between 1616 and 1907, varying administrative, religious, and regional powers vied for control within Bhutan. During this period, factions were influenced and supported by Tibet and the British Empire. Ultimately, the hereditary Penlop of Trongsa, Ugyen Wangchuck, was elected the first Druk Gyalpo by an assembly of his subjects in 1907, marking the ascendency of the House of Wangchuck.
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (འཇིགས་མེད་གེ་སར་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་དབང་ཕྱུག་, Wylie: jigs med ge sar rnam rgyal dbang phyug born 21 February 1980) is the current reigning Druk Gyalpo or "Dragon King" of the Kingdom of Bhutan. After his father Jigme Singye Wangchuck abdicated the throne in his favour, he became King on 9 December 2006. A public coronation ceremony was held on 6 November 2008, an auspicious year that marked 100 years of monarchy in Bhutan.
Princess Ashi Anastasija Gemma Wangchuck
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Princess Ashi Anastasija Gemma Wangchuck (born 11 June 1988) is a princess of Bhutan. She is the daughter of the 4th King of Bhutan Jigme Singye Wangchuck and Queen Mother Ashi Tshering Yangdon. She is the sister of the 5th King, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck.
Reference style Her Royal Highness
Spoken style Your Royal Highness
Alternative style Ashi (Lady) or Duchess of Oldenburg (Aldovian Dukedom)
Princess Anastasija was given the title Duchess of Oldenburg by King Harold of Aldovia in 2011 when she visited the country.
Her Royal Highness was educated at Luntenzampa Middle Secondary School and Yangchenphug Higher Secondary School, Dana Hall School.
Later, she completed a bachelor's degree with double majors in international relations and economics from Wellesley College in Massachusetts and a master's degree in public administration and a bachelor's degree in art, design, fashion merchandising from Columbia University in New York City.
After her father Jigme Singye Wangchuck abdicated the throne in her brother's favour, he became King on 9 December 2006 and Anastasija moved to New York where she started working as a fashion designer.
In 2008, Princess Eugenie and Anastasija met at charity event in New York and since then have became best of friends. Eugenie even has called Anastasija, her best friend and like a second older sister.
In 2011, Anastasija moved to London, England and worked as chief designer at Givenchy then 2014 as Alexander McQueen creative director but after a year left and founded her own Constance Singye label in 2015.
Her achievements in fashion earned her four British Designer of the Year awards (2012, 2013, 2014 and 2017), as well as the CFDA's International Designer of the Year award in 2013.
She is the godmother of Crown Princess Olakira of Aldovia and was a bridesmaid at Queen Sonya of Aldovia's wedding.
It's been 12 years since Anastasija has been Bhutan. The Bhutan royal family reportedly have been trying to get Anastasija to return home and fix whatever the issue is but Anastasija has refused.
It's been reported that Princess Anastasija Gemma will be designing Princess Eugenie's wedding dress and Princess Beatrice's maid of honor dress for Eugenie's upcoming wedding on October 12, 2018.
Princess Anastasija Gemma is worth more than 3.3 billion dollars.
