American Socialite

Who Is Hope Cooke? The American Who Became Sikkim's Last Queen

Hope Cooke, an American socialite born in San Francisco in 1940, became an iconic figure in the history of the Himalayan kingdom of Sikkim. She was the Queen Consort, or “Gyalmo,” to the last Chogyal (King) of Sikkim, Palden Thondup Namgyal.