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From: "ATUL N. CHOTAI" <kasumbo@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2012 11:54:22 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: Royal Wedding In Brunei
To: Amit Vaghela <amit_vaghela16@yahoo.com>
Royal Wedding In Brunei
Now THAT'S a Royal Wedding! Sultan of Brunei celebrates marriage of
daughter, 32, with spectacular ceremony straight out of Arabian Nights
Princess Hafizah Sururul Bolkiah marries civil servant Pengiran Haji
Muhammad Ruzaini, 29 todayThe family prepared for wedding with a
lavish ceremony held in the Throne Hall of the Istana Nurul Iman
palace
1,700-room palace is home to the Sultan, whose family have ruled in
Brunei for 600 years
Both bride and groom work for the Sultan of Brunei in the Prime
Minister's office
PUBLISHED: 18:39 GMT, 20 September 2012 | UPDATED: 20:59 GMT, 20 September 2012
By Bianca London and Deborah Arthurs
The daughter of the Sultan of Brunei, one of the world's wealthiest
men, wed groom Pengiran Haji Muhammad Ruzaini today in a dazzling
ceremony at the monarch's 1,700-room palace.
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 this afternoon in front of scores of gathered
family and friends, royals and international dignitaries.
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 and her groom Pengiran Haji Muhammad Ruzaini
attended a ceremony ahead of their wedding, which took place today
Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, right, and Queen Raja Isteri Pengiran
Anak Hajah Saleha at the pre-wedding ceremony yesterday
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 today's wedding, where daughter
Princess Hafizah Sururul Bolkiah was dressed in lavish silks and
prepared for today's service
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.
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 yesterday.
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.
The guest
list for the wedding was not released ahead of the day, but many
international royals and dignitaries were preparing to attend, 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 yesterday
The daughter
of the sultan of Brunei, one of the world's wealthiest men, is set to
wed this 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
The
couple will now be officially presented to the royal court in an
elaborate ceremony on Sunday that marks the climax of more than a week
of wedding-related festivities.
Southeast
Asian leaders and foreign royalty are expected to be among the guests
at a lavish royal banquet in honour of the newlyweds in the Islamic
sultanate on Sunday night, hosted by the bride's father, Sultan Hassanal
Bolkiah, 66.
This
week's festivities have included nightly vigils at the palace to bless
the couple, but the monarchy will forgo a traditional public procession
through the capital in the royal family's gilded Rolls Royce.
Such
weddings are typically a rare source of excitement in Brunei, which is
known for its slow pace of life and lack of nightlife.
The
wedding of Crown Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah in 2004 attracted large
crowds in the capital, Bandar Seri Begawan, and a guest list of over
2,000 people including members of the royal families of Japan, Jordan,
Britain and Malaysia.
Happy
occasion: Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, right, and Queen Raja Isteri
Pengiran Anak Hajah Saleha, who both looked delighted during the
ceremony, have 12 children
Traditional:
Brunei's Queen Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Hajah Saleha applies ceremonial
paste to Princess Hafizah Sururul Bolkiah's hands during the week-long
wedding festivities
Father of the
bride: Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah applies ceremonial paste to
Princess Hafizah Sururul Bolkiah in the first of his children's weddings
since 2007
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