Queen of Malaysia interview: 'I had 16 rounds of IVF, and on the 17th I succeeded'
telegraph.co.uktudung, Malaysia being a majority Muslim country. I actually find myself mouthing, 'Is that the Queen?' to a consular employee.The Malaysian High Commission, where we meet, has a smart Belgrave Square address, but is not exactly festooned in finery.
Its large and handsomely proportioned rooms are rather bare, although a stately wooden staircase to the first floor is hung with pictures of past rulers.
The current one is His Majesty King Abdullah of Malaysia, Queen Azizah's husband. He was installed as king in 2019, a position he will hold until 2024.'There are nine royal households in Malaysia,' explains Queen Azizah, as we move to another room, furnished with dark velvet sofas and a low table set with plates of biscuits and cups of coffee. 'We take it in turns, for five years each.
So now I have to observe protocol, but when I was just a crown princess, I'd go everywhere, to conferences, to see the Girl Guides, to the UN, with just one guy to accompany me.' What she doesn't tell me is that her turn came around rather sooner than expected.
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