Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah. - BB
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Borneo Bulletin/ANN): Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah said the Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) should constantly be receptive and responsive to current developments, such as making use of cyber technology, while also mitigating its threats to security.
In a titah to mark the 60th anniversary of the RBAF during the RBAF 60th Anniversary Grand Parade at the Taman Sir Muda Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien in the capital on Monday (May 31), the Sultan said, “As an armed forces with a low number of personnel, the RBAF should utilise technological applications as part of the measures to enhance its capabilities.”
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The male members of the family instead wore morning coats and medals.
The decision reportedly spared Prince Harry from not being allowed to wear a uniform.
Senior male members of the royal family did not wear military uniforms while mourning Prince Philip, the late Duke of Edinburgh, at his funeral on Saturday, April 17.
This break in tradition saw the men wearing morning coats and medals as they walked behind Philip s coffin to the service that took place in St George s Chapel, Windsor.
The Guardian reports that the decision was made to equalize members of the family in light of Prince Harry stepping back as a senior royal in March 2020 and giving up his honorary military titles, as he faced being one of the only male senior royals not wearing a uniform.