Wangchuk Namgyal

Wangchuk Tenzing Namgyal
Pretender
Born (1953-04-01) 1 April 1953
Gangtok, Sikkim
Title(s) Chogyal (King) of Sikkim (Pretender)
Throne(s) claimed Sikkim
Pretend from 29 January 1982
Monarchy abolished 1975
Last monarch Chogyal Palden Thondup Namgyal
Connection with father
Royal House House of Namgyal
Father Palden Thondup Namgyal
Mother Samyo Kushoe Sangideki

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.

Honours

National Honours

Ancestry

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Wangchuk Namgyal
Born: 1 April 1953
Titles in pretence
Preceded by
Palden Thondup Namgyal
 TITULAR 
Chogyal of Sikkim
29 January 1982 – present
Incumbent

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