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King Charles welcomes King Abdullah of Jordan to Windsor Castle

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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King Abdullah and Queen Rania reunite in New York to receive a special award

Queen Rania travelled to New York City and joined her husband to receive the Path to Peace Award, which the homonym foundation granted them for their work in promoting interfaith harmony and dialogue. The ceremony took place on Monday evening in Manhattan, one of the most upscale areas of the Big Apple, in the presence of 370 guests, which included Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, the Permanent…
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King Abdullah of Jordan starts visit to Norway

The Kingdom of Jordan and the Kingdom of Norway have developed close ties in the recent decades and the two royal families have visited each other many times. King Abdullah of Jordan is now on a visit to Norway which began on March 13th 2022. His Majesty attended…
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Prince Hamzah pens apology letter to King Abdullah for attempted coup

Eleven months after being the most prominent name in a list of alleged plot conspirators in Jordan, Prince Hamzah bin Al Hussein wrote an apology letter to King Abdullah II.  In it, he stated that the past few months have given him the opportunity to “honestly look within and self-reflect” and that he regrets the actions he had taken.  “I have erred, Your Majesty, and to err is…
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King Abdullah and Prince Hamzah appear in public together for the first time since 'royal rift'

Over the last few weeks, there has been a lot of uncertainty about the political situation in Jordan, one of the most stable states in the Middle East. The constitutional monarchy is said to have been subjected to a planned coup that was averted by Jordanian security forces. Now King Abdullah has appeared with his half-brother, Prince Hamzah, for first time since the Prince was place under house…
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