Before going into the Palace proper, we were given a tour of the Royal Automobile Gallery housing the Sultan of Selangor's official and private cars. These include Rolls Royces, Ferraris, Jaguars, etc. and the vintage car used to complete the Peking-to-Paris Motor Challenge in 1997 to promote Malaysia.
A stone's throw away from the Gallery is the Selangor Football Museum, small but very interesting. The history of the Selangor team is traced here and one of the displays is Mokhtar Dahari's jersey worn at his last game.
At the Palace there was a welcome briefing by palace officials who then showed us around the various rooms and spaces. Among others, we were shown the Balai Santapan Diraja (Royal Banquet Room) that can seat a thousand guests.
We were also shown around the Balai Dewan Diraja (Council of the Royal Court Chamber), the Balairong Seri (Throne Room), the Royal Guest Bedroom, etc. All over there are paintings, photographs and artifacts that document and exhibit the important moments of the Sultan of Selangor and his family.
The afternoon visit ended with a high tea in fine dining style prepared by the palace chef. It was a memorable outing that gave us an insight into the life of the Selangor royal family.
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