With his wedding attracting royals and
dignitaries from around the world, Crown Prince Hussein of Jordan
gained global notoriety almost overnight. The next Hashemite King
was born on 28th June 1994 at the King Hussein Medical Centre in
Amman, the first child to then-Crown Prince Abdullah and Crown
Princess Rania. He and his sister, Princess Iman, were born before
their parents’…
Crown Prince Hussein of Jordan marries
Rajwa Alsaif later today. Here’s what you need to know about the
royal wedding. The pair will wed at Zahran Palace in an Islamic
ceremony that the Royal Hashemite Court says the ceremony will be
“an elegant and…
Fifteen years ago today, Prince Joachim
married his fiancée, Marie Cavallier, in Mogeltonder Church, in
South Jutland. Prince Joachim and Princess Marie met while
Joachim was still married to his first wife, Countess Alexandra.
They were invited to a dinner and, being the…
Princess Alexandra of Luxembourg, the
only daughter of Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa,
married Nicolas Bagory in a religious ceremony on 29 April. The
wedding took place at Saint-Trophyme Church of Bormes-les-Mimosas
in the south of France. See below for all the photos of the big
day! The Private Collection of T.R.H. the Grand Duke and Grand
Duchess of Luxembourg /…
If ever a wedding dress summed up its wearer, it was the gown chosen by Sophie for her marriage to Prince Edward
6th January 2023
On January 6 1999, Prince Edward and
Sophie Rhys-Jones announced that they were engaged to be married.
To celebrate the occasion, 24 years on, Lydia Starbuck takes a look
back at the Countess of Wessex’s striking wedding dress. If ever a
royal wedding dress summed…
This year is set to be the year for royal
weddings. Three weddings are set to take place in 2023 – two in
Jordan and one in Luxembourg. It is thought another wedding will
take place in Norway this year, as well. The first royal wedding of
the year will take place…
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…
Royal watchers rejoiced when the news of
Princess Iman’s engagement broke on July 7, 2022. Not only is
itanother 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…
A slice of royal history has been bought
at auction twice by the same man, and he’s determined to have his
cake and eat it, too. When Gerry Layton of Alwoodley, Yorkshire,
saw a piece of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer’s wedding cake
for sale at a 2021…
The King met Jetsun Pema, who comes from
the country’s elite, when she was around seven-years-old, and he
was 17. Years later, they fell in love and became engaged. He
announced his upcoming marriage during the opening of Parliament in
2011. His Majesty then described his bride: “Now, many will have
their own idea of what a Queen should be like—that she should be
uniquely…
