All hail Bhutan's new king...

The new king of Bhutan has been crowned in a lavish coronation ceremony in the isolated Himalayan kingdom. 

King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, 28, an Oxford-educated bachelor, becomes the world's youngest monarch. 

He has become head of state of the world's newest democracy after his father abdicated in 2006 as Bhutan changed to a constitutional monarchy. 

Bhutan held its first democratic elections for a new parliament and prime minister in March. More...

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