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Princess Hajah Hafizah Sururul Bolkiah, 32, and her groom Pengiran Haji Muhammad Ruzaini, 29, will exchange vows Thursday in the tiny oil-rich Muslim sultanate that has been governed for 600 years by the same royal family.
The couple will then be officially presented to the royal court in an elaborate ceremony on Sunday that marks the climax of more than a week of wedding-related festivities.
Southeast Asian leaders and foreign royalty were expected to be among the guests at a lavish royal banquet in honour of the newlyweds in the Islamic sultanate Sunday night, hosted by the bride's father, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, 66.
The palace will not release the full guest list until the day of the banquet, a Brunei government spokesman said Wednesday.
Hafizah, who has a degree in business administration, is the fifth child of the sultan and Queen Saleha and works as an officer at the finance ministry. Ruzaini is a civil servant in the prime minister's office.
Both work under her father, who is prime minister as well as finance and defence minister.
The sultan has 12 children, five sons and seven daughters, from his three marriages, and the wedding is the first involving one of the sultan's children since 2007.
The sultanate, which dates back to the 15th century, is a Malay Muslim absolute monarchy which gained full independence from Britain in 1984.
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