As we prepare for Princess Iman of
Jordan’s wedding, we look at the weddings of her grandfather King
Hussein, who was famously married four times. Embed from Getty
Images Three years after his accession to the throne, King
Hussein’s first wife was Dina bint Abdul-Hamid, who was also his
distant cousin. Dina was born on 15 December 1929 in Egypt. She met
her future husband in London in…
Queen Rania of Jordan has visited the
LIVINC Incubator farm in Zai in Al Balqa’ governorate. The Queen
spoke to the organisers of LIVINC about their boutique farm and the
community initiatives and value-focused programs it supports. The
LIVINC founder, Shadi Al…
Queen Noor was the last wife of King
Hussein of Jordan. The pair married on 15 June 1978 at Zaharan
Palace. For her nuptials, the American bride wore a bespoke wedding
gown by French fashion house Dior. Very in line with the style of
the 1970s, the white gown was…
Royal watchers rejoiced when the news of
Princess Iman’s engagement broke on July 7, 2022. Not only is
it another royal wedding to look forward to, but there hasn’t
been such a celebration in Jordan since 2004. With nearly 20 years
since the last big royal wedding in Jordan, fans might not be
familiar with the potential locations for Princess Iman’s big day.
Zahran Palace, where her…
On 25 May 1961, British-born Toni Avril
Gardiner married King Hussein of Jordan as his second wife. The
wedding took place in the Zahran Palace in Amman and was followed
by a procession through the city. Toni, who took on the name
Princess Muna al-Hussein after her…
Arguably, the most popular monarchies in
the world sit on the European continent, but Europe only contains
12 of the world’s 43 monarchies. So, what other countries have a
monarch? Royal Central takes a look. Asia, the largest continent,
hosts the most countries with…
The last Jordanian royal wedding was a
small, intimate affair in the midst of the pandemic. In summer
2020, Princess Raiyah, King Abdullah’s younger half-sister, married
Ned Donovan, the grandson of famed British author Roald Dahl and
American actress Patricia Neal. Their wedding had been planned to
take place in Jordan in April 2020, but the pandemic put that on
hold. King Abdullah gave…
Princess Iman of Jordan announced her
engagement to Jameel Alexander Thermiotis on 6 July after becoming
engaged the previous day. Mr Thermiotis proposed with a large
diamond ring in the presence of the Jordanian Royal Family.
Copyright 2022, Royal Hashemite…
Royals across the globe have remembered
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe after his assassination and
expressed their horror and sympathy at his death. The Duke of
Cambridge wrote a message on Twitter saying: “I’m deeply saddened
to learn of the death of Japan’s…
With the recent news of her engagement,
Royal Central is looking at the elder daughter of King Abdullah II
and Queen Rania – Princess Iman of Jordan. Princess Iman bint
Abdullah was born on 27 September 1996 in Amman’s King Hussein
Medical Center as the second child of then-Prince Abdullah and
Princess Rania. At the time of her birth, her grandfather, King
Hussein, was on the…
