Sultan of Brunei turns into longest serving Monarch on the planet following the queen’s dying

Hassanal Bolkiah, the Sultan of Brunei, has develop into the world’s longest-serving residing monarch following the passing of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II.

Bolkiah, who took the throne in 1967, has reigned for 54 years and 339 days (as of Friday) – greater than 4 years longer than Margrethe II of Denmark, now the second-longest reigning monarch.

Her Majesty, earlier than her dying, who got here to the throne aged simply 25 in 1952 within the aftermath of World Struggle II, was far and away the longest serving monarch on the planet, marking the seventieth anniversary of her coronation earlier this yr.

Along with being the nation’s Sultan and monarch, 76-year-old Hassanal Bolkiah ibni Omar Ali Saifuddien III has additionally been the Prime Minister of Brunei for the reason that nation gained independence from the UK in 1984.

Queen Elizabeth, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, and the nation’s figurehead for seven a long time, died at her house in Scotland aged 96, on Thursday, September 8. Her eldest son, Charles, 73, is now king of the UK and the top of state of 14 different realms together with Australia, Canada, and New Zealand.