Prince Mateen of Brunei, who is sixth in line to the throne of the sultanate but is one of the most visible faces of Asian royalty, and Bruneian aristocrat Anisha Rosnah concluded the ostentatious celebrations of their ten-year wedding this Tuesday. days. More than a week of rituals and pageantry in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of the small country, for the wedding of the tenth son of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, one of the richest men in the world with a fortune estimated at around 15 billion euros.
Of the various rites and ceremonies of which photographs have emerged, the bride has been seen dressed in up to six different bridal looks with large jewelry and all kinds of embroidery with gold and silver thread. Even the bridal bouquet was made with pearls and precious metals. For his part, the prince, who has 2.5 million followers on Instagram, has worn different traditional costumes and has also worn military uniforms, since, apart from being a helicopter pilot in the country’s air forces, he has a long military career. which started in 2010.
Last Sunday, a wedding ceremony was held attended by about five thousand people at the Nurul Iman palace, the residence of the sultan and seat of the government of the Asian country. It was then that the groom’s father placed the prince’s hand on the bride’s forehead as a symbol of official union. The same palace, which has more than one thousand seven hundred rooms, was the scene of the subsequent wedding banquet, attended by some members of royalty such as King Jigme and Queen Jetsun Pema of Bhutan or King Abdullah and Queen Azizah of Malaysia. , among others.
The spectacular ceremonies and settings for the Bruneian royal weddings could already be seen recently on the links of Princess Fadzilah and Princess Azemah in January 2022 and January 2023, respectively. But Prince Mateen, who is the most visible member of the royal family, due to his dissemination on Instagram and for being considered the most eligible bachelor in Asia, has put the oil-rich Islamic absolutist sultanate back on the map.
On the groom’s side there were some Argentine guests, since, as a great polo fan, he invited his field mates Pablo Mac Donough, Tomás Gándara, Marianela Castagnola and her husband, also a polo player, Lucas Fernández.
