HRH SULTANAH KALSOM THE SULTANAH OF PAHANG VISITS ISTANA NEGARA LAMA (FORMER NATIONAL PALACE) NOW THE ROYAL MUSEUM. THE OLD ISTANA NEGARA OR NATIONAL PALACE WAS OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF HIS MAJESTY THE KING AND HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF MALAYSIA FROM 1957 TO 2011 WHEN THE NEW ISTANA NEGARA OR NATIONAL PALACE WAS COMPLETED. IN 2013 THE OLD PALACE WAS CONVERTED INTO THE CURRENT ROYAL MUSEUM. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THE KING OF MALAYSIA MOVED INTO A PURPOSE BUILT PALACE AS THE OLD ISTANA NEGARA WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT BY A CHINESE BUSINESSMAN CHAN WING IN 1928 AND USED AS RESIDENCE OF THE JAPANESE GOVERNOR GENERAL DURING WORLD WAR 2 WHEN THE MALAY PENINSULA WAS OCCUPIED. HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE SULTANAH OF PAHANG SULTANAH KALSOM VERY KINDLY TOOK HER LOCAL AND OVERSEAS GUESTS TO VISIT THE ROYAL MUSEUM AND IT WAS MY FIRST TIME TOO. THE TOUR LASTED OVER AN HOUR AND IT WAS SO ENJOYABLE AND ENLIGHTENING I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THE ROYAL MUSEUM FOR EVERY MALAYSIAN! IT IS A STROLL DOWN MEMORY LANE FOR THE OVER 50 AND SHORT COURSE IN MALAYSIAN HISTORY FOR THE UNDER 50!

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 HER ROYAL HIGHNESS SULTANAH KALSOM BEING WELCOMED BY STAFF OF ROYAL MUSEUM

 BIG HONOUR FOR ROYAL MUSEUM OVER THE ROYAL VISIT OF SULTANAH PAHANG AND THERE WAS AN OFFICIAL MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPHER TO TAKE PICTURES OF THE SULTANAH OF PAHANG FOR THEIR ARCHIVES

 HRH SULTANAH KALSOM AND MIRRETE MUMTAZ

 INTRODUCTION TO MUSEUM HISTORY

 THE SULTANAH OF PAHANG ADMIRING PORTRAIT OF REIGNING KING OF MALAYSIA

 HRH SULTANAH KALSOM, MIRRETTE MUMTAZ, AMIRAH MUNEER AND MARIAM SAUFI

 START OF FASCINATING TOUR

 FIRST AUDIENCE HALL ON GROUND FLOOR

 PALATIAL!

 HRH SULTANAHB KALSOM OF PAHANG, AMIRAH MUNEER AND MARIAM SAUFI

 SHORT VIDEO CLIP OF ISTANA NEGARA

 GOING TO FIRST FLOOR

 THE SULTANAH OF PAHANG LOOKING AT PORTRAITS OF MALAYSIAN KINGS OF WHICH HER HUSBAND IS ONE

 HALL FOR RECEIVING AMBASSADORS

 THE SULTANAH OF PAHANG WITH PORTRAIT OF THE SULTAN OF PAHANG WHO WAS THE 7TH YANG DIPERTUAN AGONG WHO REIGNED AS KING OF MALAYSIA FROM 1979 TO 1984

 HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS SULTAN AHMAD SHAH WILL BE THE 16th KING OF MALAYSIA IN 2021 AND SULTANAH KALSOM WILL BE THE 16th QUEEN OF MALAYSIA

 SMALL DINING TABLE

 THE OFFICE OF THE KING OF MALAYSIA!

 I WAS ALWAYS CURIOUS TO SEE HOW THE KING OF MALAYSIA OPERATES AND THIS IS HOW! THE CURRENT KING'S OFFICE IS OF COURSE AT NEW PALACE AND IS NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

 GRAND AND FUNCTIONAL ROYAL OFFICE

 ROYAL BEDROOM

 ROYAL BEDROOMS

 THE SULTAN OF PAHANG VISITING A MALAY NEWSPAPER OFFICE WHEN HE WAS YANG DIPERTUAN AGONG OR KING OF MALAYSIA

 LIBRARY

 SULTAN BRUNEI AND SULTAN PERAK AND CONSORTS

 SULTANAH PAHANG POINTING TO A KING

 THE KING AND QUEEN OF MALAYSIA WITH QUEEN ELIZABETH II AND PRINCE PHILIP

 TUANKU JAAFAR THE 10TH KING OF MALAYSIA

 SULTAN YAHYA PETRA THE 6TH KING OF MALAYSIA

 HRH SULTAN AHMAD SHAH THE 7TH KING OF MALAYSIA AND CURRENT SULTAN OF PAHANG

 THE SULTAN OF PAHANG

 THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND WITH MALAYSIAN PRIME MINISTER TUN RAZAK THE FATHER OF CURRENT PRIME MINISTER DATUK SERI NAJIB TUN RAZAK

 GRAND

BATHROOM 

THE MOST COMPASSIONATE AND BEAUTIFUL SULTANAH IN THE WORLD 

 THE KING'S BEDROOM!

 THE LIGHTS CHANGE FROM 'SPRING' TO 'SJMMER' TO 'AUTUMN' AND 'WINTER'!

 THE ROYAL BEDROOM!

 THE ROYAL DENTAL CLINIC!

 THIS TOUCHING PHOTO IS IN THE ROYAL MUSEUM

 AMAZING CANDID SHOT OF A COUPLE VERY, VERY MUCH IN LOVE!

 HER ROYAL HIGHNESS CONSENTS TO BE PHOTOGRAPHED WITH MUSEUM STAFF

 GUARDS IN MALAY WARRIOR COSTUME

 LOVELY

 SULTANAH KALSOM OF PAHANG WITH THE LOVE OF HER LIFE

 THE SULTANAH OF PAHANG ABOUT TO DEPART

 GUARDS OF HONOUR IN HONOUR OF THE SULTANAH OF PAHANG'S VISIT

 HER ROYAL HIGHNESS SULTANAH KALSOM OF PAHANG TAKING PHOTOS OF HER OVERSEAS GUESTS!

 ROYAL PHOTOGRAPHER!

 THESE PHOTOS ARE PRICELESS AS THEY WERE TAKEN BY THE SULTANAH OF PAHANG!

 THIS PHOTO NOT WORTH MUCH AS TAKEN BY DATO KEE HUA CHEE

 JAIME SHOWING DECORATIVE PLANTS TO SULTANAH OF PAHANG

 ROYAL MUSEUM

 HER ROYAL HIGHNESS GRACIOUSLY CONSENTS TO BE PHOTOGRAPHED WITH STAFF OF ROYAL MUSEUM

 THE STAFF WERE SO DELIGHTED AND HONOURED!

THE SULTANAH OF PAHANG DEPARTS