Pengiran Anak Isteri Pengiran AnakSarah 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. Her father 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 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. 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 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 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 at 15:54, 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, Year Three programme. Her Royal Highness 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 styles
Malay language styles
Pengiran Anak Sarah's style and title in full is:
Yang Teramat Mulia Paduka Seri Pengiran Anak Isteri Pengiran Anak Sarah binti Pengiran Haji Salleh Ab Rahaman. ; which means:
Yang Teramat Mulia Paduka Seri : Her Royal Highness
Pengiran Anak Isteri : Royal Consort of a son of the Sultan
Pengiran Anak : Special title conferred for a wife of the Crown Prince
binti : daughter of
Pengiran: title of married male descendants in the male line of a Sultan
While still a bachelor :
- Dayangku Sarah binti Pengiran Salleh Ab Rahaman ; which means:
Dayangku : title used for unmarried daughters of a Pengiran - female equivalent of Yang Mulia Awangku
