Brunei’s polo-playing prince marries commoner

Photo : Brunei’s Prince Abdul Mateen and Yang Mulia Anisha Rosnah.//Photo by Prince Abdul Mateen’s Instagram

Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei – Brunei’s polo-playing Prince Abdul Mateen, one of Asia’s most eligible bachelors, married his commoner fiancee on Thursday as part of a lavish 10-day celebration in the oil-rich sultanate.

An Islamic marriage ceremony for the 32-year-old prince and Yang Mulia Anisha Rosnah, 29, was held inside a gold-domed mosque in the capital Bandar Seri Begawan.

Mateen is the 10th child of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah — the world’s longest reigning monarch and once the richest man on the planet — and is well down the succession pecking order.

His bride — the granddaughter of one of his father’s key advisers — reportedly has a fashion brand and co-owns a tourism business. Mateen, wearing a traditional white outfit decorated with…