Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan visited
the Irbid Governorate’s Bani Kinanah district on Wednesday
north of the capital in Amman. The Queen met representatives from
the Kufrsoum Agricultural Cooperative Association for Pomegranate
Producers to discuss the group’s projects and support services to
small farmers. Her Majesty spoke to the board of directors and was
briefed on these…
The Jordanian Royal Family has just
gotten a little bigger. King Abdullah and Queen Rania have become
an uncle and an aunt once again as the King’s younger half-brother,
Prince Hashim’s wife, Princess Fahdah gave birth to their fifth
child. The Royal Hashemite…
Crown Prince Haakon meets Alec Baldwin and King Abdullah in New York
26th September 2019
Crown Prince Haakon of Norway is one of
several royals who is attending the high-level week of the United
Nations in New York. The Crown Prince arrived on Sunday; on Monday,
the Crown Prince had a hectic programme, and this continued on
Tuesday. His Royal Highness the Crown…
Princess Alia Bint Al Hussein of Jordan thanks the public for their support after the death of her mother
26th August 2019
Princess Alia Bint Al Hussein of Jordan
has released a statement thanking everyone for their support and
condolences after the death of her mother, Jordan’s former Queen,
Dina bint Abdul-Hamid who died at the age of 89 on 21 August 2019.
Alia is the eldest child of the late King Hussein and half-sister
of Jordan’s current monarch, King Abdullah. Dina was buried, as
part of Muslim…
Continuing our summer series on the lines
of succession to the world’s monarchies, we are looking at the line
of succession to the Jordanian throne, which operates under agnatic
primogeniture. Specifically, the line of succession is governed by
Article 28 of…
The court battle between Princess Haya of
Jordan, 45, and her 70-year-old multimillion-dollar husband, Sheikh
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum – the Vice President of the UAE and
Ruler of Dubai is regarding their children. After international
publicity over a rumoured…
Various reports are circulating across
the globe that Princess Haya bint Hussein of Jordan, 45, has fled
Dubai and her multimillion-dollar husband, Sheikh Mohammed bin
Rashid Al Maktoum – the Vice President of the UAE and Ruler of
Dubai. Reports suggest the Princess, who is a younger sister to
King Abdullah II of Jordan, has escaped to Europe and is now in
hiding, requesting asylum.
The Jordanian Royal Family celebrated
Jordan’s Independence Day yesterday. The entire family turned out
with the exception of Princess Iman, who had returned to university
before the event. Iman, 22, studies at Georgetown University in
Washington D.C. King Abdullah, Queen…
The British royals are not the only
royals who have sent condolence messages and condemned the terror
attack in Christchurch, New Zealand on Friday. Denmark’s Queen, the
King and Queen of the Netherlands, Sweden’s King and a Jordanian
Queen as well as others have…
The Queen welcomed Jordan’s royals to
Buckingham Palace this week. And one image of the previously
unannounced meeting ended up causing some debate. For a closer look
at the photos of Elizabeth II with her guests revealed what appears
to be dark purple bruising on the Queen’s left hand. Buckingham
Palace hasn’t commented (as you would expect) but there was plenty
of debate on Twitter and…
