Background
Prince Jigyel Ugyen is the second son of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck from Queen Mother Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck.
Prince Jigyel Ugyen is the second son of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck from Queen Mother Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck.
He was educated at Yangchenphug Higher Secondary School, then Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, Connecticut, United States of America, graduating in 2003. He read history and politics at Street Peter"s College, Oxford, in the United Kingdom starting in 2003 and graduating in 2007.
In 2008 he travelled to the Smithsonian Folklife Festival where he delivered an opening address before roaming the festival area, and interacting with visitors. At the end of the festival, he travelled with several performers to attend the Bhutan Festival 2008 at the University of Texas at El Paso. As the King"s representative to the Bhutan Olympic Committee, he visited Copenhagen in order to attend the XIII Olympic Congress in 2009.
Titles and styles 16 July 1984 – present: His Royal Highness Prince Dasho Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck.
Honours = National honours.