Future events

The Society's programme for 2012 will be announced shortly.

Recent events

Anual General Meeting.

The Bhutan Society of the United Kingdom held an AGM at The National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, London SW1 2HE (off Whitehall) at 6.15 pm on Wednesday 30th November 2011.

With the President, Sir Simon Bowes Lyon KCVO, in attendance, the meeting was chaired by the Chairman of the Society

The Minutes of the last AGM (Minutes previously circulated with New sletter 43) were adopted

Reports were received from the Chairman, Tresurer and Membershop Secretry of the Society

Michael Rutland OBE was confirmed as Chairman, John Davey as Vice Chairman and Programme Secretary, Andrew Sutton as Secretary and Dinner Secretary, Robin Lee as Treasurer, Chris Watt as Membership Secretary and webmaster, Sylvia Robert-Sargeant as Newsletter Editor and Dorothea Friesen (programme and events)

The Annual Dinner of the Bhutan Society

With TM the King and Quen of Bhutan in attendnce, the Society celebrated its twntieth anniversary on Friday 25th Novermber, 2011, at the Inner Temple hall, London

Phogtaphs of the event can be viewed by members via contacting the Membership Secretary.

Thursday 23rd June, 2011

The National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place

A wander through the Buddhist Kingdom of Bhutan

From Everest's summit you can view the two higest monasteries in the world: Thyangboche to the south and Rhongbuk to the north. Approach the mountain from the north, south or east - through Tibet or Nepal - and you walk through Buddhist lands. So too, in Bhutan and Ladakh. Our speaker was Rebecca Stephens who, in May 1993 as part of the 40th Mount Everest Anniversary Expedition, became the first British woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest