Kuala Lampur, Sept. 22 -- Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah has credited her personality today to a "normal upbringing" without bodyguards, saying she also learned to cook from young despite being a princess.

Known for her down-to-earth demeanour, Tunku Azizah said she grew up without pomp and fanfare as she had not been the child of the Tengku Mahkota (crown prince) of Johor at the time but its Raja Muda or second in line to be the Sultan.

The distance from the throne meant the family was not as heavily guarded, she said in an interview with The Star published today.

"I saw my cousin growing up as the children of the Tengku Mahkota, but we grew up as the children of the Raja Muda. So there was not much dem...