The Sultan of Brunei's Hassanal Bolkiah (centre) has divorced his third wife after five years of marriageThursday, June 17, 2010
AFP
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN — The sultan of the small oil-rich kingdom of Brunei has divorced his third wife and stripped her of all royal titles after five years of marriage.
Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, 63, divorced Azrinaz Mazhar Hakim, 30, a former Malaysian television journalist, whom he married in 2005, according to state television late Wednesday.
"The Sultan has divorced his wife Azrinaz Mazhar Hakim and all the royal titles that have been awarded to the Sultan's former wife have been withdrawn," Grand chamberlain Haji Alauddin Haji Abu Bakar announced on Radio Television Brunei.
He said the divorce was granted based on "special reasons" but no other details were given. Rumours of the royal break-up had been circulating in the capital in recent weeks.
During their marriage, Azrinaz bore two children, adding to the Sultan's 10 heirs from earlier marriages.
The pair married in a private ceremony in Kuala Lumpur in 2005.
The ruler remains married to his first wife Anak Hajah Saleha and their son Prince Al Muhtadee Billah Bolkiah, is the present heir to the throne.
He married his second wife, former stewardess Mariam Abdul Aziz in October 1981 but divorced her in 2003.
Hassanal Bolkiah came to the throne as the kingdom's 29th sultan in 1967 upon the abdication of his father. He has a reported fortune of 20 billion dollars built on Brunei's oil and gas reserves.
Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, 63, divorced Azrinaz Mazhar Hakim, 30, a former Malaysian television journalist, whom he married in 2005, according to state television late Wednesday.
"The Sultan has divorced his wife Azrinaz Mazhar Hakim and all the royal titles that have been awarded to the Sultan's former wife have been withdrawn," Grand chamberlain Haji Alauddin Haji Abu Bakar announced on Radio Television Brunei.
He said the divorce was granted based on "special reasons" but no other details were given. Rumours of the royal break-up had been circulating in the capital in recent weeks.
During their marriage, Azrinaz bore two children, adding to the Sultan's 10 heirs from earlier marriages.
The pair married in a private ceremony in Kuala Lumpur in 2005.
The ruler remains married to his first wife Anak Hajah Saleha and their son Prince Al Muhtadee Billah Bolkiah, is the present heir to the throne.
He married his second wife, former stewardess Mariam Abdul Aziz in October 1981 but divorced her in 2003.
Hassanal Bolkiah came to the throne as the kingdom's 29th sultan in 1967 upon the abdication of his father. He has a reported fortune of 20 billion dollars built on Brunei's oil and gas reserves.
10 comments:
She is extremely lucky, her best move in her entire life,
I hope she would have money and then 1 husband for her alone :)
Lucky guys, he is so rich and got so many women :)))
brunei is unique in this respect. glad the world is not like brunei!
OOOoooooaaaa?????
Yep, it's better free than living in pain. Live free or die!!!
Dude must have super strong penis..?
7:33am not necessary to it's just a difference culture, women must submision that all.
Well, line them up and bendover them Azzzzzzzz!
What a pity the Sultan treats his women so badly. I remember poor Anak Saleha's pain and misery when he married Mariam Bell. She ran away to her father's house for 2 weeks but was told to return or else. Hope the crown prince treats his wife better.
Glad she got out, very lucky,
Post a Comment