President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. traveled to Brunei on Saturday night to attend the marriage of Prince Abdul Mateen, a son of the oil-rich sultanate’s ruler, Hassanal Bolkiah.
According to the Presidential Communications Office, Marcos is anticipated to affix different world leaders within the marriage ceremony celebration, having acquired an invite from Bolkiah.
”The President’s attendance on the royal marriage ceremony reaffirms the energy of the bilateral ties between the Philippines and Brunei,’’ the PCO stated.
Marcos will return to the Philippines on Sunday.
On Thursday, an Islamic bridal ceremony for the 32-year-old prince and Yang Mulia Anisha Rosnah, 29, was held inside a gold-domed mosque within the capital, Bandar Seri Begawan.
Mateen is the tenth youngster of Sultan Bolkiah—the world’s longest reigning monarch and as soon as the richest man on the planet—and is effectively down the succession pecking order.
His bride—the granddaughter of one in all his father’s key advisers—reportedly has a trend model and co-owns a tourism business. — with a report from Agence France-Presse/VBL, GMA Integrated News
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