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![[Hope Cooke, Queen of Sikkim, seated, three-quarter length portrait, facing left]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1971/01/01/hope-cooke-queen-of-sikkim-seated-three-quarter-length-portrait-facing-left-1024.jpg)
![[Man squatting outdoors holding a basket with a religious offering (?), Sikkim]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1965/01/01/man-squatting-outdoors-holding-a-basket-with-a-religious-offering-sikkim-640.jpg "[Man squatting outdoors holding a basket with a religious offering (?), Sikkim]")
![[Buddhist monks inside temple, Sikkim]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1965/01/01/buddhist-monks-inside-temple-sikkim-640.jpg "[Buddhist monks inside temple, Sikkim]")
![[Schoolchildren raising hands in classroom, Sikkim]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1969/01/01/schoolchildren-raising-hands-in-classroom-sikkim-640.jpg "[Schoolchildren raising hands in classroom, Sikkim]")
![[People building a structure, near Rumtek monastery, Sikkim]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1971/01/01/people-building-a-structure-near-rumtek-monastery-sikkim-640.jpg "[People building a structure, near Rumtek monastery, Sikkim]")
![[People standing in front of building in mist, Sikkim]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1979/01/01/people-standing-in-front-of-building-in-mist-sikkim-640.jpg "[People standing in front of building in mist, Sikkim]")
![[Royal family looks on during coronation ceremony of Palden Thondup Namgyal and Hope Cooke, Gangtok, Sikkim]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1965/01/01/royal-family-looks-on-during-coronation-ceremony-of-palden-thondup-namgyal-640.jpg "[Royal family looks on during coronation ceremony of Palden Thondup Namgyal and Hope Cooke, Gangtok, Sikkim]")
![[Palden Thondup Namgyal, King of Sikkim, and Hope Cooke, Queen of Sikkim, in brocaded dress, walking to the Tsuklakhang Main Temple (Palace Temple) during the King's birthday celebration, Gangtok, Sikkim]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1971/01/01/palden-thondup-namgyal-king-of-sikkim-and-hope-cooke-queen-of-sikkim-in-brocaded-640.jpg "[Palden Thondup Namgyal, King of Sikkim, and Hope Cooke, Queen of Sikkim, in brocaded dress, walking to the Tsuklakhang Main Temple (Palace Temple) during the King's birthday celebration, Gangtok, Sikkim]")
![[King and Queen of Sikkim getting ready to fly to Bhutan in helicopter, Sikkim]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1965/01/01/king-and-queen-of-sikkim-getting-ready-to-fly-to-bhutan-in-helicopter-sikkim-640.jpg "[King and Queen of Sikkim getting ready to fly to Bhutan in helicopter, Sikkim]")
![[Palden Thondup Namgyal, King of Sikkim; and Hope Cooke, Queen of Sikkim with their children Hope Leezum and Palden Gyumed, seated on cloth on the ground ]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1971/01/01/palden-thondup-namgyal-king-of-sikkim-and-hope-cooke-queen-of-sikkim-with-their-640.jpg "[Palden Thondup Namgyal, King of Sikkim; and Hope Cooke, Queen of Sikkim with their children Hope Leezum and Palden Gyumed, seated on cloth on the ground ]")
![[Queen and Prince of Sikkim playing outdoors, Sikkim]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1965/01/01/queen-and-prince-of-sikkim-playing-outdoors-sikkim-640.jpg "[Queen and Prince of Sikkim playing outdoors, Sikkim]")
![Nepali girls, coronation time. Tse Ten Tashi studio, photo in window, Hope's husb[and]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1965/01/01/nepali-girls-coronation-time-tse-ten-tashi-studio-photo-in-window-hopes-husband-640.jpg "Nepali girls, coronation time. Tse Ten Tashi studio, photo in window, Hope's husb[and]")
![[Hope Cooke, Queen of Sikkim, seated, three-quarter length portrait, facing left]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1971/01/01/hope-cooke-queen-of-sikkim-seated-three-quarter-length-portrait-facing-left-640.jpg "[Hope Cooke, Queen of Sikkim, seated, three-quarter length portrait, facing left]")
![[King Palden Thondup Namgyal and Queen Hope Cooke of Sikkim]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1965/01/01/king-palden-thondup-namgyal-and-queen-hope-cooke-of-sikkim-640.jpg "[King Palden Thondup Namgyal and Queen Hope Cooke of Sikkim]")