Advertisement

Sultan Muhammad V, ruler of Malaysia’s Kelantan state, has baby boy with Russian wife Oksana Voevodina

  • Tengku Ismail Leon Petra Tengku Muhammad V Faris Petra was born on May 21, Voevodina revealed via a post on Instagram
  • The 25-year-old former beauty queen married the 49-year-old king of Malaysia on November 22. He abdicated the throne two months later

Reading Time:3 minutes
Why you can trust SCMP
Oksana Voevodina, the Russian wife of Kelantan ruler Sultan Muhammad V, announced the birth with a picture of the baby’s feet. Photo: Instagram
Sultan Muhammad V, ruler of the Malaysian state of Kelantan, and his Russian wife Oksana Voevodina announced the birth of their first child via Instagram on Tuesday.
Advertisement

The boy, named Tengku Ismail Leon Petra Tengku Muhammad V Faris Petra, was born on May 21, Voevodina revealed with a post on the social media platform accompanied by a picture of the baby’s feet.

 

“Now there are three of us,” she wrote in the Instagram post. “Everything that I was told about the changes occurring with a woman after the birth of a baby is true. This love is special. These feelings are completely new.”

The 25-year-old former beauty queen, who married 49-year-old Sultan Muhammad V on November 22, made the announcement through a newly created Instagram account using the name Rihana Oksana Petra.
 

In another post accompanied by a photo of her holding her baby bump, she wrote that the pregnancy had been “the most important and … most difficult period of my life”.

Advertisement
Advertisement