1963 Press Photo Crown Prince Namgyal and bride Hope Cooke married in Sikkim

Maharajkumar Thondup Namgyal, the Crown Prince of Sikkim, and his bride, New York socialite Hope Cooke, are shown during their wedding in the royal Buddhist chapel at Gangtok, Sikkim, in the Himalayas yesterday. The groom sat cross-legged on a three-foot throne with the bride on a slightly lower platform. He wore a yellow-brocaded silk jacket and orange silk gown. The bride wore the traditional mokey, or wrap-around gown of Sikkim's Lepeha women

Photo is dated 1963.

Photo measures 8 x 10.25 inches.