Sarah, Crown Princess Of Brunei

''Pengiran Anak Isteri Pengiran Anak'' Sarah ( Jawi: ڤڠيرن انق استري ڤڠيرن انق ساراه) (born 9 April 1987) is the wife of the Crown Prince of Brunei, Al-Muhtadee Billah and born as the daughter of a distant member of the royal family. While attending a pre-university course at 17, she married the Crown Prince. The couple have four children.

Early life

She was born ''Dayangku Sarah binti Pengiran Salleh Ab-Rahaman'' at Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha Hospital, Bandar Seri Begawan, as the third child and only daughter of Pengiran Salleh Ab-Rahaman Pengiran Damit and Dayang Rinawaty Abdullah (''née'' Suzanne Aeby). Her father (born 1 June 1950) is a distant member of the royal family and worked as the chief laboratory assistant at the Water Services Division in the Public Works Department. Her mother (born 3 March 1954 in Fribourg, Switzerland) is a nurse who worked in Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha Hospital. Her parents met in the United Kingdom in the 1970s while studying.

Her two elder brothers are Awangku Irwan and Awangku Adrian.Brunei Resources
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Pengiran Anak Sarah attended St. Andrew's School from 1993 to 1998, and then Paduka Seri Begawan Sultan Science College, where she passed her O-levels in 2003. Al-Muhtadee Billah is also an alumnus of both schools. She pursued her pre-university education in the same college.

She enjoys music, classical and modern theatre.

Marriage and children

On 9 September 2004, while still attending Paduka Seri Begawan Sultan Science College, she married 30-year-old Al-Muhtadee Billah, the Crown Prince, at the age of 17. The event took place at Istana Nurul Iman. The ceremony, dubbed the "Asian wedding of the year," was attended by dignitaries including members of foreign royal families and heads of government. After the bersanding ceremony, the royal couple were driven in a gold open-topped Rolls-Royce across Bandar Seri Begawan, where they were greeted by crowds lining the streets.

The royal couple have four children. Their first child, a son, and future heir, Pengiran Muda Abdul Muntaqim, was born 17 March 2007 at the Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha Hospital. Their second child, a daughter, Pengiran Anak Muneerah Madhul Bolkiah, was born on 2 January 2011. Pengiran Anak Sarah gave birth to their third child and second son, Pengiran Muda Muhammad Aiman on 7 June 2015. Their fourth child and second daughter, Pengiran Anak Faathimah Az-Zahraa Raihaanul Bolkiah, was born on 1 December 2017.

Education

She enrolled at University of Brunei Darussalam as an undergraduate, where she graduated with first class honours in October 2010. She was awarded a Book Prize for her outstanding performances in the Bachelor of Arts (Public Policy and Administration), Year Three programme.

She then further pursued her studies and graduated with a Master's Degree in Public Policy in English Medium during UBD’s 23rd Convocation in 2011.

She was a member of the university's army cadets and was a top-scorer on the university's netball team.

Titles and honours

Pengiran Anak Sarah's style and title in full is: Her Royal Highness Paduka Seri Pengiran Anak Isteri Pengiran Anak Sarah binti Pengiran Haji Salleh 'Ab Rahaman.

Honours

National

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** The Most Esteemed Family Order of Laila Utama (D.K)

Foreign

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** Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (21 January 2013)Annadellorusso
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References

External links

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1987 births
Bruneian people of Swiss descent
Living people
Bruneian royalty
Recipients of the Order of the Crown (Netherlands)
Grand Crosses of the Order of the Crown (Netherlands)
Bruneian women