Another royal wedding in sight. This time for nine days, as is tradition in Brunei. Well, the one getting married is Prince Abdul Mateen, the fourth son of the Sultan of Brunei and his former second wife, Mariam Abdul Aziz.
At 32 years old, the groom has the profile of a Hollywood star. He is an influencer – he has more than two million followers on his social networks -, a polo player, an aviator, he is a regular at jet set parties… in short, a fashionable prince. For all this and for being the son of one of the richest men on the planet – the sultan’s fortune is valued at more than 20 billion dollars – he is considered one of the royal golden bachelors on the Asian continent. But for just a few days, because in January he will marry his girlfriend, Anisha Rosnah binti Adam, 31, granddaughter of the aristocrat Isa bin Ibrahim, advisor to the sultan.
The court of Brunei has just announced the engagement of the tenth child – he is 12 – of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah. “The wedding of Prince Abdul Mateen and Anisha Isa Kalebic will take place from January 7 to 16, 2024,” the statement reads. The events “will begin with the marriage proposal at the Istana Nurul Iman Palace,” they explain, an opening day that will include performances by musicians who work for the Royal House.
Other settings for the splendor will be the Lapau Hall in Bandar Seri Begawan and the Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque where the vows will be solemnized. The climax will come with the great banquet, which will be held on the 15th. The next day and finally, the so-called prayer reading ceremony will mark the closing.
From the official statement of the court it is also recalled that the prince of Brunei is the last child of the couple formed by the Sultan and his ex-wife Hajah Miriam Abdul Aziz who will pass through the altar, since his two older sisters, the princesses Fadzilah and Azemah, already did so in January 2022 and 2023 respectively.
Abdul Matten occupies the sixth position in the line of succession to the throne of Brunei, so his chances of reigning are practically nil. On occasions she has been seen accompanying his father, Hassanal Bolkiah, on his trips abroad. For example, she was his companion at the state funeral for Queen Elizabeth II and at the coronation of Charles III.
Graduated in International Politics from King’s College London, he specialized in International Studies and Diplomacy. In addition, he completed his postgraduate degree at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University in the same British capital. For his military training, he went through the Sandhurst academy, the same one where William and Henry of England went. Likewise, he graduated as a helicopter pilot from the Defense Flying School at RAF Shawbury in the United Kingdom. And he has the rank of Captain in the Armed Forces of his country.
But taking a look at his Instagram account you can see that his passion is sports. He plays polo – in 2019 he won the Sotogrande International Tournament -, soccer and badminton; He also practices boxing, skiing, bodybuilding and diving. From his father she has inherited his love for luxury cars and felines; The sultan has a zoo on the palace grounds where 30 Bengal tigers live in semi-freedom, more or less 1% of all those left in the world.
It is unknown how long the future husband and wife have been together and engaged, but suspicions of their engagement were raised when Anisha wore a diamond ring on her ring finger at the wedding of Mateen’s sister, Princess Azemah last January. . The future bride is the granddaughter of the aristocrat Isa bin Ibrahim, Minister of the Prime Minister’s Office, who has a distinguished career in the government of Brunei with several important positions.
