Jordan’s Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah married Saudi architect Razwa Al Saif.
Jordan’s Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah married Saudi architect Razwa Al Saif on Thursday in a ceremony attended by royals from around the world. The ceremony took place at the mid-century Zahran Palace in the capital Amman – the scene of other major Hashemite Kingdom weddings including those from King Abdullah II to Queen Rania and her father, the late King Hussein bin Talal.
The king’s eldest son and Al Saif, both aged 28, tied the knot in a ceremony attended by their families and 140 guests, including US First Lady Jill Biden and Britain’s Prince and Princess of Wales Was
Former information minister Sameh Maitah previously told AFP that King Abdullah II, aged 61 and on the throne since 1999, had long groomed his eldest son to succeed him, bringing him to important visits and meetings . Prince Hussein became heir to the throne in 2009 after his father usurped the title from his half-brother Hamza in 2004. Establishment.
In April 2022, Hamza renounced his royal title, saying that his own values were no longer in line with “our institutions”. The newly titled Princess Razwa was born in Riyadh. She descends from the Al Sudairi family of Najd, in what became modern Saudi Arabia, which is closely linked to the Saudi royal family.
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Other notable guests included King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, as well as King Philippe and Crown Princess Elisabeth of Belgium and Danish Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Marie. The highly anticipated wedding was met with celebrations across Jordan, with thousands gathering to watch a procession in Amman through streets decorated with photos of the couple and banners for the occasion.
A royal red motorcade, reserved for special occasions, crossed the capital from Zahran Palace in the center to Husaynia Palace in the west. “We are of course very happy with the marriage of the Crown Prince. It is a joy for all Jordanians,” said the newlyweds, dressed in a white shirt with a photo and a red Jordanian keffiyeh wrapped over their white headscarf.
Jordan enjoys relative stability compared to its Middle East neighbors but has seen protests in recent years as it grapples with an economic crisis. The World Bank says Jordan is heavily in debt and faces unemployment of around 23 percent. The country largely depends on foreign aid.
Jordan’s king has extensive political powers in a parliamentary monarchy country of 11 million people, and is also supreme leader of the armed forces. Hussain followed in his father’s footsteps by attending Britain’s Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and then studied history at Georgetown University in Washington.
His bride was born and raised in conservative Saudi Arabia, but is also Western-educated, having studied architecture at Syracuse University in New York.
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