Bolkiah did not lose his penchant for excess even as he aged. According to a
Times report, Hassanal Bolkiah still often spends $20,000 for a single haircut. Bolkiah flies out his favourite barber from London, where he works at the Dorchester Hotel in Mayfair. "He goes regularly, sometimes every three or four weeks. The sultan flies him first-class at a cost of about $12,000."