Tag Archives: Monaco

  It’s a tale as old as time: A prince or princess falls madly in love with a commoner who, once wed, ascends to royal status themselves. Sometimes fairytales come true!

Brunei is small enough to escape most people’s notice. It sits on a speck of land along the northern coast of the island of Borneo, almost completely surrounded by Malaysia. Its leader is known as the Sultan of Brunei. Worth about $20 billion thanks to his tiny nation’s oil wealth, the sultan, whose given name is Hassanal Bolkiah, is part of ...