Celebrities and UK royals watch Prince Hussein marry Rajwa Alseif in marriage seen to secure succession and boost state ties
Jordan’s monarchy has cemented the role of its 28-year-old crown prince with a wedding attended by global royalty, including Britain’s Prince and Princess of Wales, in a glittering show seeking to buttress the succession and move on from a painful family scandal.
Crown Prince Hussein married Rajwa Alseif, a 29-year-old Saudi architect linked to her own country’s ruling dynasty, on Thursday afternoon in a match seen as boosting Amman’s rocky relationship with its more powerful and oil-rich neighbour. Seats at the banquet tables were reserved for international celebrities and monarchs, as well as other political figures including the US first lady, Jill Biden.
The attendance of Prince William and Catherine had been kept secret and was only confirmed by Jordanian state media a few hours before the event. A relatively intimate ceremony was held at the Zahran Palace in Amman, the location of King Abdullah II’s marriage in 1993 to Queen Rania, who was born in Kuwait to Palestinian parents. Decades earlier, Abdullah’s father, the late King Hussein, married his second wife, the British citizen Antoinette Gardiner, in the same gardens.
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