The Malaysian king unexpectedly abdicated Sunday after just two years on the throne -- with some reports pegging his early exit as being related to his marriage to a Russian beauty queen last year.

KUALA LUMPUR — The abdication of Sultan Muhammad V as the Malaysia's King on Sunday (Jan 6) comes after weeks of intense rumours and speculation on social media. While the true reason for his decision ...

KUALA LUMPUR — The Kelantan Palace has urged the public not to be swayed by social media posts about former king Sultan Muhammad V. Royal household comptroller Nik Mohd Shafriman Nik Hassan said in a ...

Malaysian King Sultan Muhammad V has abdicated. In a move that took Malaysia by surprise, the king stepped down on Sunday after just two years on the throne. The palace said that the 49-year-old ruler ...

Malaysia's former king has divorced a Russian ex-beauty queen just months after news of their wedding emerged and he abdicated in a first for the country, his lawyer said. The former Miss Moscow, ...

Sultan Muhammad V creates history as the first King to step down. Photo courtesy: Bernama KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 6 (Bernama) — Sultan Muhammad V stepping down as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong XV effective ...

The former King of Malaysia has said he 'regrets the personal choices made in his private life' after he married a Russian beauty queen and gave up his throne. Rihana Oksana Veovodina married Sultan ...

A US singer didn’t know she had gotten married to Malaysia’s former king. And now she doesn’t know how to get a divorce. Brittany Porter’s love story with Sultan Muhammad V started out like a modern ...

Sultan of Kelantan, Sultan Muhammad V, proclaimed Che Puan Nur Diana Petra Abdullah, as the sultanah of Kelantan. (Bernama pic) The sultan of Kelantan, Sultan Muhammad V, has proclaimed his wife, Che ...

U.S. singer-songwriter Brittany Porter is demanding a “proper divorce” after she says she unwittingly married a Malaysian sultan in a ceremony she assumed was simply a celebration of their engagement.