Brunei princess. Photoshoot and interview of the Prince of Brunei with the Thai women's magazine CQ. His love for sports and athletics knows no bounds. He is almost professional in boxing - European and Thai, tougher
HRH Prince Abdul Mateen, fourth in line to the throne of the ruler of Brunei, has been named the world's most eligible bachelor this year.
Prince Mateen, 26, is one of five sons and seven daughters of Brunei's ruler, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, who is worth an estimated $20 billion. Like his father, he leads a luxurious lifestyle: he plays polo, flies in a private jet, drives expensive cars and spends a lot of time traveling. At first glance, the prince may seem like another major who spends his life at the expense of his parents, but in 2014, Thai glossy journalists called him “an ordinary guy who doesn’t really like to show off his parents’ money.”
Abdul Mateen is a Lieutenant in the Brunei army. He was trained in England at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, from which he graduated in 2011. The training program lasted 44 weeks and, according to the prince, is the best thing he has ever done. “Here you learn leadership, endurance, mental toughness, as well as working in extreme conditions and under great pressure,” Matin said.
According to the prince, most of all he remembered how he and a group of soldiers had to dig a trench for three days without rest and sleep. “When someone fell asleep, he was immediately awakened and forced to work. This was done so that we reached the limit of fatigue. After that, we were given tasks to solve. This is the most difficult thing I have ever had to do, ”said the prince.
Later, Prince Mateen studied at the University of London SOAS (Modern School of Oriental and African Studies). He received a Master of Arts degree.
Like most of his peers, the prince is a big sports fan. He is engaged in athletics and Thai boxing, diving and rowing, skiing. Earlier in his childhood, he played football and even played for the national team. “For a while I lived football and David Beckham was my idol. Even now, I consider him a talented athlete,” said the prince. Now he is a big fan of Conor McGregor.
Abdul Matin's other hobbies include playing the drums and guitar, and also flying. He knows how to fly a helicopter and a combat aircraft, so he often hones his skills in the air. In addition, the prince is very fond of animals and often spends time with them. He is especially touched by tiger cubs, he even calls himself "the father of tigers."
When the prince is not attending to his royal or military duties, he is quite an ordinary guy. He spends most of his free time with his three closest friends, who are his support and inspiration. In addition, he often spends time with his family. “I have a huge family, but I am closest to my older brother and two sisters. We grew up together and we live together,” the prince stressed.
Meet Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah. He has been the sole ruler of Brunei since 1967 and is also the richest dictator in the world.
His Majesty worthily continues the traditions of 28 of his ancestors, and therefore calmly disposes of the country's wealth and subjects as his own property. The Sultan's full name is Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah Ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar 'Ali Saifuddien Sa'adul Khairi Waddien. This is so that the enemies of the absolute monarchy, the pale-faced barbarians and all sorts of ridiculous defenders of human rights, tremble in horror in advance.
In all Brunei institutions, in any restaurant or cafe, two portraits are sure to hang - this is Sultan Hassanal himself and his first wife Anak Saleh. 
Public catering: 
Hardware store: 
Some office. There is an altar here. 
Like any normal sultan, Hassanal had three wives! With his very first wife, Anak Saleh (she is his cousin), he has been married since 1965. In 1982, he decided to have a second wife (polygamy is allowed in Brunei). For this role, he chose stewardess Mariam Abdul Aziz. 20 years after the wedding, he threw her out of the palace with the deprivation of all titles and privileges and began to look for a new younger wife. She was the journalist Azrinaz Mazhar Hakim, the Sultan married her in 2005. Azrinaz lasted only 5 years in the palace, and then she was also thrown out into the street with the deprivation of all privileges. From all three wives, Sultan Hassanal has 12 children. 
Sometimes there are many portraits, they reflect different periods of the Sultan's life. 
See what a brave sultan they have! By the way, he really has a lot of awards, and not only Brunei. By the way, if anyone did not know, Sultan Hassanal is a talented military leader and scientist. He is both Field Marshal of the Brunei Army, Marshal of the Fleet and Air Force of Brunei, General, Admiral and Air Marshal of the United Kingdom, as well as an Indonesian and Pakistani commando and an Indian paratrooper. It is important to note his academic achievements. For example, the Sultan has honorary doctorates from Oxford, King's College London, MGIMO, the University of Aberdeen and the National University of Singapore. 
Sultan Hassanal is infallible! He issued a decree with such a statement in 2006. The document says: "His Majesty the Sultan is not capable of making mistakes either in personal or public affairs. No person should publish or reproduce anything that could damage the dignity, reputation, honor, nobility or sovereignty of His Majesty the Sultan".
Sultan Hassanal is irreplaceable! He is not just a sultan, but also the prime minister, minister of defense, minister of finance, minister of foreign affairs and trade, caliph (chief in Islam), head of the customs service, supreme commander of the Brunei forces and inspector general of the Royal Brunei Police. In order not to shift the burden of running the country onto someone else's shoulders, Hassanal extends the state of emergency every two years. Thanks to this, since 1967 he has enjoyed unlimited powers. 
Since the Sultan of Brunei is practically a superhero, his posters in different images hang in the capital. Here he is, for example, the chief police officer. 
Sultan Hassanal lives in a golden palace! It is called Istana Nurul Iman ("Palace of Light and Faith"). They say that inside the residence of the Sultan is finished with marble, and the window frames, door jambs and other interior elements in it are made of gold. In total, the palace has 1788 rooms, 257 bathrooms, 18 elevators, 5 swimming pools, a mosque for 1500 people, a garage for 110 cars and a stable for 200 horses. The "Palace of Light and Faith" entered the Guinness Book of Records as the world's largest residential residence of the head of state.
Unfortunately, you can't just get close to the palace. It is opened only once a year, during Eid al-Fitr (Indonesians have a difficult name for this holiday), and then more than 100,000 people visit the Sultan's residence in two or three days. And no one leaves without a gift! But since Eid al-Fitr is not yet soon, and I am not a Muslim, my way to the palace was ordered.
Let me remind you that everything is strict with Islam in Brunei. In 2013, Hassanal ruled that the country must live under Sharia law! Now there you can throw stones to death for adultery, cut off hands for theft and beat with whips for abortions and alcoholism. But not all, but only Muslims, who are slightly less than 70% in Brunei. After all, correct Muslims must live according to Sharia! "Praise be to Allah, with the introduction of the new criminal legislation, our obligations to the Almighty will be fulfilled!" says the Sultan. The rest of the population continues to live under the British system of law.
And two years ago, Sultan Hassanal banned Christmas! He stated that decorated Christmas trees, candles and crosses could harm the faith of Muslims. The Brunei imams were very happy with the decree and began to echo that Christmas songs and cards really undermine faith in Allah. If someone is seen celebrating Christmas, they are put in jail for five years. But, again, the law does not affect everyone, but only the Muslim part of the population. Christians can continue to celebrate the holiday.
From the road, the palace is surrounded by vegetation and landscaping, so it’s not easy to get close to it. 
But the guards are very loyal to tourists who come up to the fence and take pictures with them with pleasure. No one is chasing anyone, you can just go to the grate, put your camera in there and take pictures calmly. True, it is still not very visible, but at least the guards do not interfere with you. The atmosphere is reminiscent of Buckingham Palace in London. 
The palace is visible. The palace is surrounded by dense greenery, and it is impossible to see it normally from any side. I specially took a boat and sailed around the palace, and this is the best thing I managed to see - the dome and a piece of the roof. 
Some other government building. They did not hide him from the people) 
I found a photo of the palace on the Internet. 
And here is the interior. Everything sparkles and shimmers! The photo shows one of the princes with his wife. 
Photos at the open day 
Sultan at dinner with the Prince of Wales 
Banqueting hall 
Berth for yachts near the palace. There is no security, you can safely swim up and take pictures. 
This is a car from the prince's fleet. DPMM = Duli Pengiran Muda Mahkota = His Royal Highness The Crown Prince. The royal family, as you already understood, have car numbers with letters, not numbers. 
Speaking of cars!
Sultan Hassanal has an amazing car collection! How many cars are in it - Hassanal himself does not know. But according to rough estimates - about 3 thousand. Among them are rare Rolls-Royces, Ferraris, Bentleys, Mercedes, Lamborghinis, Formula 1 championship cars (since 1980) and cars made by the personal order of the Sultan, including including generously studded with precious stones. All these cars are languishing in four garages with a total area of 1 square kilometer. 
In his free time, the Sultan drives an airplane, helicopter or, in extreme cases, a racing car, plays polo, golf and badminton. For international visits, Sultan Hassanal has a Boeing 747-400. Of course, it is not state, but his personal. The cost of the plane a few years ago was $400 million, but for a man with a fortune estimated at $40 billion, this is nonsense. By the way, he sometimes pilots his liner himself - once he even landed in New Delhi. They say that the interior of this aircraft is not just a gold finish - the shells there, for example, are made of solid gold. Boeing is not the only airliner in the Sultan's personal fleet. He also owns an Airbus A340, six small planes and two helicopters.
Well? Would you like to live like this?
Celebrations in honor of the 50th anniversary of the reign of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah have ended in Brunei. After the death of the King of Thailand, he became the longest-reigning absolute monarch in the world. His subjects, grateful for all sorts of social benefits, do not have a soul in their beloved Sultan. For them, he decided to introduce Sharia law - although, apparently, he himself does not comply with these laws: he drags recklessly after women and burns his life, spending billions of government dollars on palaces, luxury cars and sex parties with minors from his harem. talks about the most controversial monarch of our time.
Life players
“With money like that of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and his brother Jefri, all diseases in this world could be cured. The only problem is that they both don’t care about other people,” one of those close to the royal family once told Fortune business magazine.
In what luxury the monarch and his relatives are buried, the whole world learned in 2011, when Vanity Fair magazine published a scandalous article about a high-ranking playboy. So subjects who, under threat of imprisonment, are forbidden to discuss what the monarch is spending money on from the budget, learned: in the Sultan's palace there are more than 1.7 thousand rooms, 257 bathrooms, five swimming pools, a mosque, a banquet hall for five thousand people and a garage for 110 cars. .
But that's not all. The family also owns The Dorchester Hotel, a chain of luxury hotels, 17 aircraft, 9,000 cars, 150 homes in 12 countries, and more.
Oil flows like water, girls dance on the tables
It would seem that with such fabulous wealth, one can talk about a cloudless life in the Sultanate. Everything was in favor of Bolkiah: in 2012, he announced that Brunei, rich in oil and gas, nestled in the northwest of the island of Borneo, entered the top five richest countries in the world. The state has been exporting oil since the 1970s (today about 90 percent of the budget comes from the sale of black gold). That's when she got there. Brunei was even jokingly nicknamed Shellfare state (“welfare state at the expense of Shell”, by analogy with the welfare state - “welfare state”).
While the country was growing rich, the Sultan and his relatives did not forget about themselves: receiving their share of the income, the monarch and his relatives became one of the richest families in the world. His Majesty's subjects do not know what political parties, opposition, elections and independent media are, but they do not pay income tax, the country has free education and free medicine, high pensions and low interest rates when buying houses and cars on credit.
At a party on the occasion of his 50th birthday, the Sultan invited him to sing for $ 17 million, writes The New York Post. He turned his personal plane into a palace, trimmed with gold and inlaid with precious stones. And he spent a total of $17 billion on gifts for family and friends. In particular, on the birthday of his daughter, the Sultan presented an Airbus A340 for 100 million. And his brother Jeffrey, for example, for 10 years spent an average of 747 thousand dollars a day on everyday expenses.
There are legends about the Sultan's sexual exploits. The Brunei themselves live in ignorance, but the whole world has long known that Bolkiah, along with his younger brother, have created harems of dozens of underage girls and involve them in monstrous hours-long orgies. For the first time they started talking about this in 1997: then "Miss America-92" Shannon Marketik filed a lawsuit against the Sultan and his younger brother Jeffrey, who received the nickname "the main playboy of the planet."
Shannon was promised a job in Brunei with a pay of three thousand dollars a day. Instead, a US citizen was turned into a sex slave, forced to dance at private parties from 10 pm to 3 am. She was drugged and then treated like a prostitute. The American woman demanded $10 million in compensation "for mental distress, nightmares, insomnia and other injuries." However, the matter was quickly hushed up: the Sultan called such accusations “a crime worse than murder,” and the brothers themselves did not answer before the law, referring to diplomatic immunity.
This incident might soon be forgotten, but another American, Gillian Lauren, published the book Some Girls: My Life in a Harem in 2010. True, she talked about life in Jeffrey's harem, but the Sultan himself, one of the main favorites, was also once entrusted to please her.
The Sultan celebrated the weddings of his children on a grand scale. In the photo - the monarch with his son Abdul Malik and his wife.
Lauren explains that upon arrival in Brunei, the girls, who are subsequently sent to the harem, have their passports taken away. They are not allowed to go anywhere much, they are constantly monitored, forcing them to sit on a strict diet. All girls in the harem receive from two thousand dollars a week. Basically they are hired under a contract for three weeks, sometimes extending for several years. Many admit that earning such a lot of money, they simply do not want to leave there.
Most of the girls in the harem are Thai or Filipina and are 14 years old. All night long, according to Lauren, passed in some kind of frenzy: expensive alcohol flowed like a river, girls danced on tables for the prince and his friends in the palace or on a 46-meter yacht called “Tits” (Tits), and each hoped for the fact that for the night the prince will choose her alone or in the company of other girls. This is a chance to become a favorite, and favorites are showered with money and jewelry. Those who are not chosen at night can be delivered to Prince Jeffrey's office right in the middle of the working day.
According to Lauren, Jeffrey, who asked to be called Robin in the American manner, was a fan of everything connected with the USA: cars, clothes, pop culture. “He would open any magazine and point his finger at a picture of a woman he liked, saying, ‘I want this one or that one,’ and then he would order them,” Lauren recalls.
Subsequently, the Sultan's brother, who had spent money on all sorts of pleasures so rashly, had to answer for the waste of the treasury. Hassanal Bolkiah was forced to apply to the London Court. The lawsuit lasted about 10 years, ending in favor of the Sultan. Jeffrey returned some of the money. Despite the differences, the brothers maintained a good relationship and continued to lead a wild life.
No money, but I'm a sultan
The Commonwealth faltered in 2014. Oil prices have halved. Their third brother Mohamed was extremely negative about the debauchery and wastefulness of the Sultan and Jeffrey. Having appreciated this, Bolkiah handed him a ministerial portfolio and set the task of reforming the economy. Mohamed, without thinking twice, scooped out another two billion dollars from the treasury for his own needs and was dismissed in disgrace.
The Sultan himself, who took the post of Prime Minister of Brunei, the ministers of economy and defense, had to deal with the economy. He decided, firstly, to moderate his appetites somewhat, and secondly, to seriously engage in diversification.
Thus, the Sultan actively encourages the development of private business, tries to make Brunei attractive to Tokyo and other financial capitals, and also to attract tourists to the country. However, so far none of these attempts has been particularly successful. The situation is especially bad with foreign tourists. The lack of nightclubs and the ban on alcohol discourage travelers. Back in the late 90s, the Australian writer Charles James described the sultanate as follows: “A more boring place than Brunei can only be a provincial British village in the dead of winter.”
Santa's hat for 15 thousand dollars
Against the background of problems in the economy, the sultan, who had never been particularly pious, realized that if the loyalty of his subjects could no longer be kept with money, he could try to accustom them to modesty and piety. The country has taken a course towards Islamization. All children from Muslim families were obliged to receive a religious education. Representatives of other faiths (30 percent of them in the sultanate) also faced restrictions: they were forbidden to use the word "Allah" and discuss issues of faith.
In 2015, on the eve of Christmas, Christians and Muslims were banned from wearing a Santa hat on the street. Violators were fined $15,000 or sent to prison for five years. By the way, the subjects themselves reacted with understanding to the introduction of such harsh laws, especially since the monarch explained: "Islam is a shield against globalization."
The fact that the Sultan and members of his family violate most of these same laws, most Brunei do not even know. All media in the country are controlled by the monarch. At his command, one of them can be closed at any second. Only 60 percent of citizens have access to the network, but censorship is also rampant on the Internet. In 2013, independent journalists from Freedom House reported some uncomfortable facts about the sultan. The country called it "deceitful and vile", and the reporters themselves were sentenced to three years in prison.
While Bolkiah's blissfully ignorant subjects are learning the surahs and verses of the Koran, and he himself is having fun with underage girls, barrel after barrel of stability is leaking out of Brunei. Experts predict that by 2035 the country's oil reserves may run out, and the Sultanate will go bankrupt overnight.
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Abdul Mateen, 25, who is fourth in line to the throne, was named the world's most eligible bachelor in 2016. Elite Daily .
The fortune of the Sultan of Brunei (a state in Southeast Asia) Hassanal Bolkiah, who is the father of the prince, is estimated at $ 20 billion. In addition to Matina, the Sultan is raising 11 more children: seven daughters and four sons.
The new favorite of girls from all over the world graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in 2011 with the rank of second lieutenant.
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He holds an MA in Arts from the London School of Oriental and African Studies, from which he graduated last year.
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He speaks several foreign languages, in particular English, French, Arabic and Italian.
Was once on the cover of a publication GQ in Thailand.
In his free time, a Muslim spends time with his family, enjoys traveling and playing polo, boxing and skiing.
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It is noteworthy that the prince enjoys the attention of the fair sex, but still has not found his soul mate.
It probably just needs to be real. Simplicity is what can really attract me, ”this is how the son of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah described his future wife.
Account Instagram Mateen has almost 400 thousand subscribers.
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Recall that the heir to the British throne, Prince Harry, who for a long time bore the title of the most enviable bachelor of the planet, is no longer alone. For the past six months, the media have only been discussing his relationship with the American actress Meghan Markle, with whom the prince plans to tie his fate.
But a holy place is never empty, and the fair sex has a great opportunity to dream about another handsome man.
Watch the video with Abdul Matin:
Abdul Mateen playing golf
The royal wedding of the future Sultan of Brunei, Prince Abdul Malik, with his chosen one, 22-year-old programmer Dayangku Raabi’atul ‘Adawiyyah Pengiran Haji Bolkiah, eclipsed even the wedding of the Crown Prince of the British throne, which, compared to this one, could be called very modest. The prince of Brunei and his chosen one were dressed in wedding dresses embroidered with real gold, and the bride's bouquet was made of precious stones.
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1. Prince Abdul Malik is the youngest of the four sons of the reigning Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and the second in line to the throne after his father. The wedding ceremony took place 11 days after the engagement. (Photo: STRINGER / REUTERS / REUTERS). 
2. The shoes of the bride from Christian Louboutin are decorated with diamonds and gold. (Photo: OLIVIA HARRIS / REUTERS / REUTERS). 
3. The bride's wedding necklace and tiara are adorned with diamonds and huge emeralds the size of grapes. According to local traditions, the bride must wear something borrowed. In this case, it was the mother-in-law's jewelry - a diamond tiara, a necklace and a brooch. (Photo: STRINGER / REUTERS / REUTERS). 
4. The solemn wedding ceremony took place in the Sultan's palace in the capital of Brunei, in Bandar Seri Begawan. Istana Nurul Imam Palace - the residence of the Sultan - has 1788 rooms. (Photo: OLIVIA HARRIS / REUTERS / REUTERS). 
5. The Sultan of Brunei, the groom's father and fuel magnate, is one of the richest men in the world. His fortune is estimated at 20-80 billion dollars. Hassanal Bolkiah has been ruling his country since 1967. (Photo: OLIVIA HARRIS / REUTERS / REUTERS). 
6. The Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah, has five sons and seven daughters from three marriages. Prince Abdul Malik is second in line to the Brunei throne. The first son, Crown Prince Al-Muhtadi Bill of Brunei, married over 10 years ago. (Photo: OLIVIA HARRIS / REUTERS / REUTERS). 
7. During the wedding ceremony. (Photo: STRINGER / REUTERS / REUTERS).
Brunei, a 400,000-strong British colony on the northwestern coast of Borneo, is an absolute monarchy (sultanate). In Brunei, which is ruled by the 68-year-old sultan, he is both the head of state and the head of government, and the minister of national defense, and the minister of finance.
8. Prince Abdul Malik with his father, the Sultan of Brunei. Members of the royal family have often been criticized for being too extravagant in their lifestyle. The Telegraph recalled that in 1996, Michael Jackson was supposed to receive £10 million for a concert in honor of the 50th birthday of the Sultan. However, dissatisfaction with the state system in the country is small, which is a consequence of the high standard of living of its citizens, as well as free education and healthcare. (Photo: OLIVIA HARRIS / REUTERS / REUTERS). 
9. Brunei is a country whose official religion is Islam. Last year, after the adoption of Sharia law by the Sultan, which allows the use of punishments such as stoning and flogging, a wave of indignation and discontent rose in the country. (Photo: OLIVIA HARRIS / REUTERS / REUTERS).
