WRAP Highlights of royal wedding ceremony

(9 Sep 2004) SHOTLIST
1. Motorcade arriving at Istana Nurul Iman palace
2. Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi arriving
3. Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito arriving
4. Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri arriving
5. Filipino President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo arriving
6. Interior of hall where ceremony will be performed
7. Various of bride Sarah Salleh arriving
8. Various of Brunei Crown Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah Bolkiah arriving
9. Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah helping his son Brunei Crown Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah Bolkiah to his seat
10. Brunei Crown Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah Bolkiah and bride Sarah Salleh seated
11. Wide shot of hall with Brunei Crown Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah Bolkiah and bride Sarah Salleh seated
12. Brunei Crown Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah Bolkiah and bride Sarah Salleh seated, zoom in to Salleh
13. Various of ceremony
14. Bride Sarah Salleh's parents seated
15. Brunei Crown Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah Bolkiah's parents seated
16. Ceremony
17. Various of Brunei Crown Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah Bolkiah and Crown Princess Sarah walking
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Voxpop, Australian tourist (No name given):
"(It's an) experience that I'm very, very proud to have the chance to see. The same with my two cousins that came with me for a brief holiday in Sabar and then to Brunei."
19. Brunei Crown Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah Bolkiah and Crown Princess Sarah walking out
20. Brunei Crown Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah Bolkiah and Crown Princess Sarah inside vehicle as seats are being raised electronically
21. Various of Brunei Crown Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah Bolkiah and Crown Princess Sarah inside vehicle
22. Aerial of motorcade
23. Motorcade
24. Flags
25. Back shot of Brunei Crown Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah Bolkiah and Crown Princess Sarah inside vehicle
26. Soldiers marching
STORYLINE
The future king of the oil-rich sultanate of Brunei married a 17-year-old half-Swiss commoner on Thursday in Asia's wedding of the year, attended by royalty and dignitaries from around the world.
Crown Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah Bolkiah, 30, son of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah - the absolute and fabulously wealthy ruler of 350-thousand subjects - wed Sarah Salleh before two-thousand people in a traditional Malay Muslim ceremony at Istana Nurul Iman, the 1,788-room main palace.
The sultan escorted the prince - wearing a gold crown and a kris dagger tucked into his sash - to a golden chair on the dais. He was joined by his bride, who emerged from a stateroom more than an hour behind schedule.
The prince placed a hand on Sarah's diamond tiara as Muslim marriage prayers were recited for the centuries-old ceremony. She stood radiant in an embroidered blue dress and veil and clasped a gold-and-diamond bouquet.
They then descended from the dais and kissed the sultan for his blessing.
The couple travelled in an open gold-coloured, Rolls-Royce stretch limousine on an eight-kilometre (five-mile) parade across the capital, accompanied by 103 limousines and vehicles carrying family members as a marching band played.
A tropical downpour sent thousands of people, many who had lined the streets since daybreak, scurrying for cover after catching a glimpse of the
motorcade.
Soldiers with submachine guns stood every 100 metres (yards).
Earlier, a 21-gun salute sounded as Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito and presidents Megawati Sukarnoputri of Indonesia and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo of the Philippines arrived and took their seats on gold-trimmed chairs in the cavernous, chandelier-lined main hall at the palace.

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