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King Charles welcomes King Abdullah of Jordan to Windsor Castle

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8th November 2024
King Charles welcomed King Abdullah II of Jordan to Windsor on Thursday evening. The Jordanian King is celebrating his Silver Jubilee this year. King Abdullah first visited 10 Downing Street to meet Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, before he was taken to Windsor Castle in a Range Rover. The 1st Battalion Welsh Guards band welcomed him with ‘God Save the King’.  After meeting in…
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Re-live June's most popular royal event in photos

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29th June 2023
The most popular event for our readers this month was the royal wedding of Crown Prince Hussein and Rajwa Alsaif (now Princess Rajwa) on 1 June. The majority of our top ten articles this month came from the couple’s beautiful Amman wedding. Re-live the most…
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A look at Jordan's new Princess - Rajwa Al Saif

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31st May 2023
Jordan will soon have a Crown Princess as Crown Prince Hussein is set to marry a woman from Saudi Arabia. So who is the woman who has captured the Jordanian heir to the throne’s heart? Born on 28 April 1994 in Riyadh, Rajwa Khaled bin Musaed bin Saif bin Abdulaziz…
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Royal Hashemite Court shuts down rumours of Italian wedding celebration

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30th May 2023
The Royal Hashemite Court in Jordan has shut down rumours of an Italian wedding celebration for Crown Prince Hussein and Rajwa Al Saif. A source at the Royal Hashemite Court told the media, “All celebrations related to the wedding of Crown Prince Al Hussein and Miss Rajwa will be taking place strictly in Jordan, and there is no intention to hold any celebration related to the occasion…
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The line of succession to the Jordanian throne

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9th April 2023
The line of succession to the Jordanian throne is governed by Article 28 of the Jordanian Constitution. The country abides by agnatic primogeniture; however, this can be by passed by royal decree. To be eligible to be in the line of succession, one must be a mentally…
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Double royal wedding joy highlights Jordan's 2022

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30th December 2022
The Jordanian Royal Family had two things to celebrate this year with the announcement of the engagements of both Crown Prince Hussein and Princess Iman. Wedding announcements weren’t all that happened this year, so let’s take a look at Jordan’s 2022. The year began with Queen Rania making a visit to Al-Salt before King Abdullah celebrated his 60th birthday. Queen Rania…
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Queen Rania: "Our world is off-balance"

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14th November 2022
Queen Rania of Jordan recently spoke at the Paris Peace Forum and stressed that the world must change how it responds to crises. “Our world is off-balance; simply trying to keep things steady is not enough,” Her Majesty told the audience. She said there must…
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Queen Rania wants "to be a fun grandma"

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26th September 2022
Queen Rania of Jordan has said her goal is to be a “fun grandma.” The Queen of Jordan made the remarks in an interview with Good Morning America while discussing the upcoming weddings of two of her children. Her eldest child, Crown Prince Hussein, is engaged to Saudi-born Rajwa Al Saif; her elder daughter, Princess Iman, is engaged to Venezuelan-born Jameel Thermiotis. Queen…
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