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Yogyakarta's Royal Groom-to-be: 'Never Dreamed I'd Marry a Princess'
Jakarta Globe | October 12, 2011

The youngest daughter of Sultan Hamengkubuwono X of Yogyakarta, Nurastuti Wijareni and her fiance, Achmad Ubaidillah, walk in the Sultan The youngest daughter of Sultan Hamengkubuwono X of Yogyakarta, Nurastuti Wijareni and her fiance, Achmad Ubaidillah, walk in the Sultan's palace compound. The two will wed in a royal ceremony on Oct. 18. (Antara Photo)
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Next week Yogyakarta will witness the royal wedding of the youngest daughter of Sultan Hamengkubuwono X, Nurastuti Wijareni and Achmad Ubaidillah.

The wedding, set to take place on Oct. 18 with 4,000 guests in attendance, coincides with the city’s 255th anniversary celebration.

Wijareni, fondly known as Reni to her family and friends, has been in a relationship with Ubaidillah or Ubai for more than four years. Ubai, a staff member at the vice president’s political communication division, was introduced to Reni by her older sister.

“Mbak Ita [Reni’s sister] asked me one day to accompany Reni when she came to Jakarta for vacation. She was still studying in Switzerland that time,” Ubai told news portal Okezone.com.

After their first meeting in a Jakarta mall, which Ubai described as “very casual,” they became good friends.

“And then I told her that I fell in love with her and she felt the same way,” Ubai said.

As a future member of the royal family, Ubai was given the royal title of KPH Yudanegara or the equivalent of a prince.

“I never dreamed that I’d marry a princess. I just follow the flow and pray for our future together, she is the best for me,” he said.

The royal wedding has been highly anticipated by the public and the media with stations reportedly planing special broadcasts from Yogyakarta. The rituals for the wedding will start on Oct. 16 and peak with the bride and groom being paraded around town in a horse-drawn carriage.