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Meet the Meghan Markle of Sweden, Malaysia’s billionaire monk and the best paid actors in Korea: inside STYLE’s biggest stories of the week

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Kim Soo-hyun and a Swedish royal romance are among STYLE’s biggest stories this week. Photos: Handout/AFP
Kim Soo-hyun and a Swedish royal romance are among STYLE’s biggest stories this week. Photos: Handout/AFP
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Kim Soo-hyun has been highly bankable in Netflix’s It’s Okay to Not Be Okay, but which Korean actor takes home the most money? This plus STYLE’s other top stories this week

Who was born into money, who married into money, and who is simply being paid a lot? Those are the burning questions STYLE readers got the answers to while reading the week’s biggest stories. From Sweden’s glamorous former TV star turned royal, Princess Sophia, and a Malaysian billionaire who swapped inherited fortune for religion, to the K-drama world’s top-paid actors, we certainly brought you all the goss.

But what’s this? You missed out on these stories? Fear not, we’ve got you covered …

Why the son of Malaysia’s third-richest man became a monk

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Monks have to turn their backs on wealth. Photo: EPA-EFE
Monks have to turn their backs on wealth. Photo: EPA-EFE

Would you give up billions to live a quiet life of spiritual servitude? Thai-Malaysian monk Ven Ajahn Siripanyo, the only son of Malaysian billionaire Ananda Krishnan, did exactly that.

These days you’ll find the enigmatic Siripanyo at the Dtao Dum Monastery located somewhere on the Thailand-Myanmar border, but before that, he seemed lived a pretty luxurious life, as you’d expect.

Here are five things we do know about the religious son of Malaysia’s third richest man.

Princess Sofia, a Swedish TV star who married a prince

Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia of Sweden in 2017. Photo: AFP
Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia of Sweden in 2017. Photo: AFP
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