MOROCCO NATIONAL DAY ON 30 JULY 2011 AT ROYALE CHULAN HOTEL

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Princess Dr Becky Leogardo, His Excellency Mr Ahmed Amaziane the ambassador of Morocco to Malaysia and Her Excellency Malika Amaziane. By chance, both ladies wore identical colours, leading some to comment he had a harem!

Dato' Naimun Ashakli bin Mohammad, Chief of Protocol from Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dato' Dr Abdul Latiff Ahmad, Deputy Minister of Defence and HE Mr Ahmed Amaziane, ambassador of Morocco

The Deputy Minister of Defence and the Moroccan ambassador toasting each other's King

The reason for the celebration

Handshake between 2 brotherly nations

Madam Malika Amaziane, spouse of the ambassador of Morocco with portrait of His Majesty the King of Morocco, King Mohammad VI

Kee Hua Chee clutching his sensational fish bag, Madam Malika Amaziane and Datin Yong Maylene



HE Nasser Salman Al Aboodi ambassador of United Arab Emirates, HE Mr Petru Petra, ambassador of Romania, Princess Dr Becky Leogardo of BML Skincare and HE Mr Beibut Atamkulov, ambassador of Kazakhstan

HE Mr Masood Khalid, ambassador of Pakistan with Princess Dr Becky Leogardo


THE AMBASSADOR OF MOROCCO, HIS EXCELLENCY MR AHMED AMAZIANE HOSTED A LARGE RECEPTION FOR 500 GUESTS AT THE GRAND BALLROOM OF THE 5-STAR ROYALE CHULAN HOTEL IN KUALA LUMPUR.

THE HAPPY OCCASION WAS TO CELEBRATE THE 12th ANNIVERSARY OF THE ENTHRONEMENT OF HIS MAJESTY KING MOHAMMED VI OF MOROCCCO WHO ASCENDED THE THRONE A DOZEN YEARS AGO.

THE GUEST OF HONOUR WAS DATO' DR ABDUL LATIFF AHMAD WHO WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE CHIEF OF PROTOCOL FROM THE MNINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS DATO' NAIMUN ASHAKLI BIN MOHAMMAD.

Said Mimoun Amenzou, Deputy Head of Mission, Moroccan embassy, HH Princess Arun Rasmy, ambassador of Cambodia and Princess Dr Becky Leogardo

Members of Guinea embassy; the Sampil family

Princess Dr Becky Leogardo and El Mehdi, son of the Moroccan ambassador

HE Maria Rendon, ambassador of Argentina, Madam Iman, wife of Palestine ambassador and Lourdes Puma Puma, ambassador of Ecuador

HE Madam Lyudmila Vorobyeva ambassador of Russia and Princess Dr Becky Leogardo

Nadia Danish of YTL Hotels, Emyrul Yusoff and Jeffrey Nasir

Princess Dr Becky Leogardo, Tunku Dato' Muktamir and Datin Paulene

Mahani Mydin and Amirah

Mr and Mrs Renato Villa, Minister and Consul General

Princess Dr Becky Leogardo, Sharifah Sophia, Nasim Khan and Hayate Amenzou

HE Mr Maher Lukasha, ambassador of Jordan and Madam Lukasha

Datuk Beatrice Nirmala Adaikalaraj, Editor in Chief of Passions magazine, Princess Dr Becky Leogardo and Suzan Elkalidy

Datuk Andrew Adaikalaraj, Tan Sri Dato' Seri Azlanii Dr M. Mahadevan, Datuk Beatrice Nirmala Adaikalaraj and Devaraj Arujunen

HE Mr Petru Petra, ambassador of Romania and Princess Dr Becky Leogardo

Mrs and Mr Petru Petra, ambassador of Romania

Moroccan tea

HE Mr Masood Khalid, ambassador of Pakistan with HE Mr Beibut Atamkulov, ambassador of Kazakhstan

HE Mr Masood Khalid, ambassador of Pakistan with Princess D Becky Leogardo

Tessie Lim, Madam Malika Amaziane and Puan Sri Sawsan Farra

Emyrul Yusoff

Kee Hua Chee and Emyrul Yusoff

Ana Garcia

Tete-a-tete over tea

Princess Dr Becky Leogardo saying goodbye to the Moroccan ambassador who happened to be her tenant!


His Majesty King Mohammad VI was born on 21 August 1963 but the KL celebration was held on 30 July 2011. Apart from King of Morocco, his titles also include Amir Al-Mukminin or Defender of the Faith just as Queen Elizabeth II is Fidei Defensor or Defender of the Faith in Latin except hers is Christianity while his is Islam.

The King was made Heir Apparent and Crown Prince the instant he was born and received a traditional education in the palace. In 1993 he received his Doctorate in Law with First Class distinction from the University of Sophia Antipolis in Nice, France. In 2000 His Majesty received an honorary degree from George Washington University for promoting democracy in Morocco.

In 2000 he married Salma Bennani, now Princess Lalla Salma and have 2 children, Crown Prince Moulay Hassan and Princess Khadija. His wife is referred to as Princess Consort or HRH Princess Lalla Salma and not Queen Salma. He ascended the throne on 23 July 1999 upon the death of his father King Hassan II.

The Moroccan royal family is one of the world's richest with an estimated fortune of US$ 2 billion, much of it from their holdings in ONA Group, according to Forbes.

The Moroccan ambassador Mr Ahmed Amaziane was accompanied by his wife Malika and son Mehdi Amaziane. Around 350 guests came to wish and congratulate him on the special occasion. Delicious Moroccan delights included chicken and beef tajine, pastilla and of course cous-cous. Desserts were kharka (sesame and honey), hancha (almonds and peanuts), Kaab ghazal (almond puffs) amd kekkas (almonds and sesame). All very authentic as they were not made by Royale Chulan but by Malika Amaziane the ambassador's wife in their residence!

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