Jordan’s Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah married Saudi architect Rajwa Al Saif.
Jordan’s Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah married Saudi architect Rajwa Al Saif on Thursday in a marriage attended by royals from throughout the globe. The ceremony passed off within the mid-century Zahran Palace within the capital Amman – the scene of different key Hashemite kingdom weddings together with that of King Abdullah II to Queen Rania and in addition that of his father, the late King Hussein bin Talal.
The King’s eldest son and Al Saif, each aged 28, tied the knot at a ceremony attended by their households and 140 company, together with US First Lady Jill Biden and Britain’s Prince and Princess of Wales.
King Abdullah II, aged 61 and on the throne since 1999, has lengthy groomed his eldest son to succeed him, bringing him on vital visits and to conferences, former info minister Samih Maaytah beforehand informed AFP. Prince Hussein grew to become inheritor to the throne in 2009 after his father eliminated the title from his half-brother Hamzah in 2004. Hamzah would later be positioned beneath home arrest after being accused of trying to stage a royal coup in 2021 that despatched shockwaves by way of the royal institution.
In April 2022, Hamzah renounced his royal title, saying that his personal values now not aligned with these of “our institutions”. The newly titled Princess Rajwa was born in Riyadh. She descends from the Al Sudayri household of Najd in what grew to become modern-day Saudi Arabia, recognized to be intently linked to the Saudi royal household.
Wedding motorcade
Other notable company included the Netherlands’ King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima, in addition to Belgium’s King Philippe and Crown Princess Elisabeth and Danish Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary. The extremely anticipated nuptials had been met by celebrations throughout Jordan, with hundreds gathering to witness the procession in Amman in streets embellished for the event with footage of the couple and banners.
A royal purple motorcade, reserved for particular events, crossed the capital from Zahran Palace within the centre to Husseiniya Palace within the west. “We are certainly very happy with the crown prince’s wedding. This is the joy of all of Jordan,” stated Sawsan Rifaia, 26, clad in a white shirt with an image of the newlyweds and a purple Jordanian keffiyeh wrapped over her white headband.
Jordan enjoys relative stability in comparison with its Middle East neighbours however has seen protests in recent times because it struggles with financial woes. The World Bank says Jordan is closely in debt and faces round 23 per cent unemployment. The nation depends extensively on overseas support.
The Jordanian king has wide-ranging political powers in a nation of 11 million individuals, a parliamentary monarchy, and he’s additionally the supreme chief of the armed forces. Hussein adopted in his father’s footsteps by attending Britain’s Royal Military Academy Sandhurst after which finding out historical past at Washington’s Georgetown University.
His bride was born and raised in conservative Saudi Arabia however can also be Western-educated, having studied structure at Syracuse University in New York.
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