--- title: Sultan of Brunei's Son Abdul Malik Marries in Lavish Wedding Ensemble description: There was definitely no shortage of gold at the wedding of Brunei's crown prince, Abdul Malik, on Sunday canonical: https://time.com/3819025/sultan-brunei-prince-wedding-bling-gold-outfit/ author: Rishi Iyengar article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-13T06:49:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:47:45.587Z og:title: These Are the Blingiest Outfits You'll See Today og:description: Nothing else will come even remotely close. og:url: https://time.com/3819025/sultan-brunei-prince-wedding-bling-gold-outfit/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4bfce0e5d6ba820f/6987eac235ba6f4c88c0ad4b/rtr4wz101.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2299 og:image:height: 1293 og:image:alt: Brunei's newly wed royal couple, Prince Abdul Malik and Dayangku Raabi'atul 'Adawiyyah Pengiran Haji Bolkiah, pose for photographers after the enthronement ceremony at their wedding in the Nurul Iman Palace in Bandar Seri Begawan og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: These Are the Blingiest Outfits You'll See Today twitter:description: Nothing else will come even remotely close. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4bfce0e5d6ba820f/6987eac235ba6f4c88c0ad4b/rtr4wz101.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # These Are the Blingiest Outfits You'll See Today > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Rishi Iyengar](https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Apr 13, 2015 6:49 AM UTC  Brunei's newly wed royal couple, Prince Abdul Malik and Dayangku Raabi'atul 'Adawiyyah Pengiran Haji Bolkiah, pose for photographers after the "bersanding" or enthronement ceremony at their wedding in the Nurul Iman Palace in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, on April 12, 2015 Brunei's newly wed royal couple, Prince Abdul Malik and Dayangku Raabi'atul 'Adawiyyah Pengiran Haji Bolkiah, pose for photographers after the "bersanding" or enthronement ceremony at their wedding in the Nurul Iman Palace in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, on April 12, 2015 Ahim Rani—Reuters by [Rishi Iyengar](https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Apr 13, 2015 6:49 AM UTC All that glitters may not be gold, but when it’s all made of gold, everything glitters. And there was definitely no shortage of gold at the [wedding of Brunei’s crown prince](http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/brunei-opulent-wedding-prince-abdul-son-one-worlds-richest-men-1496030), Abdul Malik, on Sunday — including on him and his bride. According to a [report](http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/brunei-opulent-wedding-prince-abdul-son-one-worlds-richest-men-1496030) in the International Business Times, the 31-year-old heir and his wife-to-be — 22-year-old former systems-data analyst Dayangku Raabi’atul ‘Adawiyyah Pengiran Haji Bolkiah — wore matching gold outfits adorned with precious stones. The valuable metal was also woven into the lace of the bride’s veil, and the tiara on her head was made of diamonds and studded with six emeralds. There were three more emeralds on the main pendant of her diamond necklace, with several more on either side, and the Christian Louboutin shoes below her solid gold ankle bracelet were studded with Swarovski crystals as well. Even the bouquet she carried was made of gemstones instead of flowers. But the sheer extravagance of the 10-day wedding ceremony that began on April 5 is not surprising when you consider that Malik’s father, the Sultan of Brunei, is one of the richest men in the world. Malik is the sixth of the Sultan’s children with his current wife and second in line for the throne. \[[_IBTimes_](http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/brunei-opulent-wedding-prince-abdul-son-one-worlds-richest-men-1496030)\] _Read next:_ [_The Fug Girls on a Century of Royal Weddings_](http://time.com/3773306/go-fug-yourself-wedding-dresses/?iid=time%5Freadnext) ### Finding Prince Charming: When Commoners Marry Royalty  Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and Mary Elizabeth Donaldson drive off after their engagement at Copenhagen's Amalienborg Palace on October 8, 2013. Francis Dean—Corbis  Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, embraces wife Kate Middleton during London's Olympic Games on August 2, 2012. 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