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William And Kate Visit Bhutan, Lifting A Veil On A Mysterious Country

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, chat to a monk on the trek up to Tiger's Nest during a visit to Bhutan on the April 15, 2016 in Thimphu, Bhutan. The royal couple are visiting Bhutan as part of a week-long visit to India and Bhutan that has taken in cities such as Mumbai, Delhi, Kaziranga, Bhutan and Agra.  (Dominic Lipinski/Getty Images)
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, chat to a monk on the trek up to Tiger's Nest during a visit to Bhutan on the April 15, 2016 in Thimphu, Bhutan. The royal couple are visiting Bhutan as part of a week-long visit to India and Bhutan that has taken in cities such as Mumbai, Delhi, Kaziranga, Bhutan and Agra. (Dominic Lipinski/Getty Images)

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, better known as Prince William and Kate Middleton, have spent the past two days in Bhutan, the tiny mountainous nation wedged between India and Nepal. Bhutan prides itself on its happy Buddhist culture, but its record on human rights clashes with that image.

Here & Now’s Meghna Chakrabarti talks with broadcaster and author Lisa Napoli, who has visited Bhutan six times in the past nine years.

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