Queen Hope Cooke

Cooke was born in San Francisco and spent much of her childhood in New York City. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College. Hope Cooke married the Crown Prince of Sikkim (Palden Thondup Namgyal) on March 20, 1963. Nine months later the Crown Prince became King until 1973 when he was deposed from the thrown and put under house arrest. In 1975 Sikkim joined the Union of India. Cooke moved back to New York City in 1973 where she continues to live. In 2007 Cooke published an auto-biography entitled Time Change.