Princess Hajah Hafizah Sururul Bolkiah, 32, the fifth child of the Sultan and his wife, Queen Saleha, and her groom Pengiran Haji Muhammad Ruzaini, 29, exchanged their vows last Friday in front of scores of gathered family and friends, royals and international dignitaries. The daughter of the Sultan of Brunei, one of the world’s wealthiest men, wed groom Pengiran Haji Muhammad Ruzaini in a dazzling ceremony at the monarch’s 1,700-room palace.
Both the bride and groom work in Governmental roles as employees of the Sultan of Brunei, with Hafizah, who has a degree in business administration, working as an officer in the finance ministry, and Ruzaini a civil servant in the Prime Minister’s office.
Princess Hafizah Sururul Bolkiah, the bride
The groom Pengiran Haji Muhammad Ruzaini
The Sultan is Prime Minister of the small oil-rich Muslim sultanate that has been governed for 600 years by the same royal family, and also holds the roles of finance and defence minister. The sultan has 12 children, five sons and seven daughters, from his three marriages, and the wedding is the first involving one of the sultan’s children since 2007 in another out-of-this-world Brunei royal wedding.
Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei prepared to give his daughter away in a lavish ceremony yesterday, which saw the family attend a service at the Throne Hall of Istana Nurul Iman palace in Brunei Friday. The couple then exchanged their vows in front of some the most powerful people in the region including Prime Minister Najib Razak of neighbouring Malaysia.
Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, right, and Queen Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Hajah Saleha at the pre-wedding ceremony
The pre-wedding ceremony and the wedding both took place at the Brunei monarch’s 1,700-room palace
Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah led a ceremony ahead of the wedding, where daughter Princess Hafizah Sururul Bolkiah was dressed in lavish silks and prepared for the service
Many international royals and dignitaries attended, including Prime Minister Najib Razak, the Prime Minister of neighbouring Malaysia
The opulent Throne Hall of Istana Nurul Iman palace played host to the service
The daughter of the sultan of Brunei, one of the world’s wealthiest men, was wed last weekend in a dazzling ceremony at the monarch’s 1,700-room palace
The young boys looked dashing in their handmade silk outfits as they accompanied their fathers at the ceremony
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