Princess Fadzilah of Brunei’s 10-day royal wedding celebration, wrapped: get to know Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah’s newlywed daughter, meet her siblings and see the epic dresses and jewels she wore
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Princess Fadzilah Lubabul Bolkiah of Brunei’s highly anticipated royal wedding kicked off on January 16 and wrapped up on the January 25. Unlike her siblings, Princess Fadzilah has lead rather a private life, which only served to make her nuptials all the more intriguing as her big day drew closer.
And it’s not just Brunei royal family weddings we’re obsessed with. Here’s why we at STYLE can’t get enough of one of the world’s wealthiest families, as seen in our four biggest stories on them to date.
1. Getting to know the real Princess Fadzilah
As the fourth daughter of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah – the world’s second-longest reigning monarch – and his now ex-wife Mariam Abdul Aziz, Princess Fadzilah was born into one of the world’s wealthiest families. Aside from her status as a princess, she often campaigns for charities and better health care, and is even the captain of Brunei’s national netball team. What can’t this princess do?
Here’s everything we know about the big-hearted Brunei royal.
2. The Bruneian royal family’s most extravagant weddings
As we were kept on the edge of our seats waiting for photos from Princess Fadzilah’s big day, we took the opportunity to marvel at the details of previous weddings of Bruneian royals. Whether it was Prince Malik’s wedding in 2015 – which was dubbed “one of the most lavish weddings on the planet”, and during which both the bride and groom were dripping in jewels from head to toe – or Princess Majeedah’s wedding at the sultan’s residence attended by 2,000 guests, these royals sure know how to splurge.
Behold – three Bruneian royal weddings that gave new meaning to the word lavish.