Cuteness overload: Bhutan’s one-year-old crown prince is winning hearts in India

India can’t get enough of the one-year-old Bhutan Crown Prince.(PTI)

HT, 2 November 2017: Bhutan’s royal family of King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck, along with the crown prince, arrived yesterday.

But there was someone else who stole the thunder during their first visit since India and China ended a 73-day-old standoff on Doklam plateau two months ago: The Gyalsey or little prince Prince Jigme Namgyal Wangchuk.

EAM SushmaSwaraj greets the Gyalsey (Prince) of Bhutan on his first visit to India as His Majesty and Her Majesty look on.

Dressed in traditional Bhutanese attire, the one-year-old is winning the hearts of Indian leaders and the internet with his cuteness. From Prime Minister Narendra Modi to external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj to defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman, no one could manage to keep away from the prince’s charm.

Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema look on as Prime Minister, Narendra Modi interacts with their son Prince Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck during a meeting in New Delhi on Wednesday. (PTI)

The ministry of external affairs tweeted a photo of Swaraj receiving the royal family at the airport. The little prince happily followed the minister as she taught him to wave at the photographers when one of them asked him to say ‘Hi’.

The little prince was presented with an official football from the Fifa U-17 World Cup and a chess set by Modi, to which the little one bowed prettily with joined hands, quickly reaching for the ball.

Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema, with their son Prince Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck, exchange greetings with President Ram Nath Kovind and his wife Savita at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Wednesday. (PTI)