ANY story of Bhutan is incomplete without the tale of the dynamic and deeply revered 4th King Jigme Singye Wangchuck who voluntarily abdicated in 2006 after more than three decades on the throne as Asia's last absolute monarch.
Born in 1955, Jigme Singye was just 17 and was studying in England when his father died and he inherited the throne.
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