[1] Pengiran Anak Puteri (Princess) Masna Bolkiah was born at Istana Darussalam, Brunei Town on 6 September 1948.

[4] Masna Bolkiah graduated from Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) with first class honours in BA (Hons) in Public Policy and Administration and a has a Masters in Public Policy also from the UBD.

[5] She is also active in other areas including being the Patron for the Girl Guides Association as well as being Commander of the Women's Police Corps.

[6] Timeline of her career as a diplomat:[5] Princess Masna was first married to Pengiran Muda (Prince) Abdul Rahman ibni Pengiran Anak Muhammad Hashim in 1965 but would later be divorced in an unknown date.

[8] She would be married for the second time with Pengiran Anak Haji Abdul Aziz bin Pengiran Haji Abu Bakar at Istana Darul Hana in October 1969,[9][10] of whom she had five children with: On 26 September 2011, Abdul Rahman Hashim passed away at the age of 65, approximately 11am at the RIPAS Hospital and would be buried at the Royal Mausoleum.