The royals, kings and queen, in this 21st century may not enjoy the luxury of unreserved admiration, adulation and loyalty from their subjects like it used to be not so long ago. But certainly they still enjoy the luxury of “unlimited” wealth to enjoy the extravagant lives money can buy. In its 20th August edition, Forbes magazine published the list of richest existing royals, not the richest ordinary people, two of whom are coming from South East Asian countries, Thailand and Brunei. Surprisingly, King Bumiphol of Thailand got the “gold medal.” Please watch carefully the list below, who knows you are among those top list kings and queens. 
Following is Forbes’ ranking of the world’s richest royals:
1. King Buhimol Adulyadej (Thailand)
2. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan (United Arab Emirates)
3. King Abdullah (Saudi Arabia)
4. Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (Brunei)
5. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid al-Maktoum (Dubai)
6. Prince Hans Adam II (Liechtenstein)
7. Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (Qatar)
8. King Mohammed VI (Morocco)
9. Prince Albert II (Monaco)
10. Sultan Qaboos bin Said (Oman)
11. Prince Karim Al Husseini (Agha Khan)
12. Queen Elizabeth (Britain)
13. Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah (Kuwait)
14. Queen Beatrix (Netherlands)
15. King Mswati III (Swaziland)
rich or not isn’t important. the most important one is what you can do for other people. if you die as a rich person, people just remember you as one who has much money. but if you die as one who do more for other people. you’ll be told a grandma, a father or a mother to their grandson or son like they tell a fairy tale. remembered forever!
memang masih tetap didominan wong moslem orang terkaya didunia,tapi bagaimana sumbangsih mereka untuk rakyat moslem yang masih tertindas dalam kemiskinan dan kebodohan?
Indeed still continue to dominan the person moslem. they were richest in the world,but how their contribution for the people moslem that still was oppressed in poverty and the ignorance?
I can believe, his majesty was never fall down..
mudah-mudahan mereka tetep peduli sama rakyatnya..
hope all also they care with their people..
About Thai King:
If we look at the new Forbes article (”The Crowing Fortune”)on the King’s wealth:
http://www.forbes.com/magazines/global/2008/0901/032.html
From there we can see that the CPB’s real estate holdings in Bangkok are worth at $31 billion, while the shareholdings amount to around $3 billion.
So, I think the important point is that the figure of $35 billion is mostly assets. The shares invested long-term (providing stability to the economy), and the real estate is being mostly leased at low-priced rent to state agencies and low-income tenants. Bangkokpost cited a figure of 7% of CPB’s land being leased at commercial rates. Paul Handley makes the same comment in the new Forbes Article that the CPB is not charging market rates, and that “raising them would cause serious repercussions, especially for its thousands of low-income tenants.”
So not surprisingly, the research for 2005 done by Porphant and cited in the new Forbes article shows that the income that CPB got from its $31 billion-valued real estate holdings is only $80 million and that from company shareholdings is $200 million, making total annual income at $280 million (figures already adjusted to current exchange rate).
How much of the annual income generated by the CPB goes to charity is unknown, but I am sure a good share of it does go to charity.
The new Forbes Article makes the point that the CPB’s goal is: “to aid the country’s development by investing in key industries and providing below-market-rate housing for low-income citizens.”
if suharto still reign in indonesia perhaps he shoud be considered as one of the richest royals
how about the richest royal in Indonesia???? anybody knows about it??? perhaps sultan of mataram is the richest royal in Indonesia follow by sultan of kutai…. or..???
with the monarchys goverment sytems, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (Brunei) had succes bring their country to the wealth and prosperity and i think we should learn from this and especially learn from sultan hasanal bolkiah manage their goverment.
His Majesty and Royal Highness Sultan Bolkiah(Brunei),
I am Bangladeshi Muslim and by profession stock Broker at Dhaka stock Exchange. i HAD LOST us$ 2 million at stock market due to crush in the stock market for world recession. I seek financial helf from the His Royal Highness if he is kiund to extend any financial help to me. I will be ruined for Bank debt which compell me to leave this world.
I hope if almighty wish I may survive
Long leave His
Wow rich people. I wanna be rich, just like what Calloway said in their song. But I don’t know how