Royal role models make an impact


Royal couple: Sultan Abdullah and Tunku Azizah’s informality and accessibility has endeared them to Malaysians. — Bernama

ATTENTION to detail and homage to the past were hallmarks of the installation of the 16th Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah.

Before their Majesties’ arrival, the focus at Balairong Seri were the thrones, the very same used at the installation ceremonies of the fathers of both the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and Raja Permaisuri Agong – Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang and Sultan Iskandar of Johor – as the seventh and eighth Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

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