Throne(s) claimed Sikkim Royal House House of Namgyal Connection with father Grandparents Tashi Namgyal | Monarchy abolished 1975 Pretend from 29 January 1982 Name Wangchuk Namgyal | |
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Born 1 April 1953 (age 71)
Gangtok, Sikkim ( 1953-04-01 ) Title(s) Chogyal (King) of Sikkim (Pretender) Role Palden Thondup Namgyal's son Parents Palden Thondup Namgyal, Hope Cooke Similar People Palden Thondup Namgyal, Hope Cooke, Tashi Namgyal, Mike Lewis, Mike Wallace | ||
Last monarch Palden Thondup Namgyal Great-grandparents Thutob Namgyal | ||
Chogyal Wangchuk Tenzing Namgyal (Sikkimese: དབང་ཕྱུག་བསྟན་འཛིན་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་; Wylie: dbang-phyug bstan-'dzin rnam-rgyal) (b. 1 April 1953) is the second son of Palden Thondup Namgyal, the last sovereign king of Sikkim. Educated at Harrow, he is also the present heir of the Namgyal dynasty and claimant to the Sikkim throne.
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