Crown Prince Hussein is expected to wed Saudi-born fiancée in a lavish ceremony to be held in in Amman Jordan.
AMMAN — Jordan is in a frenzy of activity as she gears up for the wedding of Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah and his Saudi fiancée Rajwa al-Saif on Thursday.
The highly-anticipated celebration is set to take place at the Zahran Palace in Amman and will see the bride and groom tie the knot in the presence of family and friends, as well as dignitaries from around the world.
Among those attending will be Malaysia’s King, Al-Sultan Abdullah; King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofía of Spain; the King and Queen of the Netherlands; Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark; Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland, Prince Sébastien of Luxembourg; Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway; Hisako, Princess Takamado, and her daughter, Princess Tsuguko of Takamado of Japan, as well as William and Katherine, Prince and Princess of Wales.
The Jordanian royal family, known as the Hashemites, have ruled Jordan since 1921—first as emirs of the Emirate of Transjordan, and later as kings after the country gained independence from Britain in 1946. The Hashemites hail from the House of Hashem that ruled Mecca from as early as the 10th century, and King Abdullah II is a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad
The last royal wedding of this scale was when Abdullah II, then a prince, married Rania Al-Yassin, born in Kuwait to Palestinian parents, almost 30 years ago.
The Whole Country In Celebratory Mood
As part of the festivities, Queen Rania hosted an opulent henna party for her future daughter-in-law, last week. Public celebrations and concerts have been scheduled throughout the day today, in anticipation of the Islamic marriage ceremony, where the couple will sign marriage contracts with their fathers acting as their two witnesses.
The wedding day has been marked with its own calligraphy logo featuring the words “we rejoice” in Arabic.
Hussein, born on June 28, 1994, is a captain in the Jordanian Army and a graduate of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, England, as well as Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
Rajwa, 29, a Saudi Arabia national, is an architect and the youngest daughter of Saudi businessman Khalid bin Musaed bin Saif bin Abdulaziz al-Saif.
She has royal links through her mother Azza al-Sudairi, who is part of the Al Sudairi family, Saudi Arabia’s ruling family. Rajwa is the second cousin of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman.
After the wedding, Rajwa’s title will be ‘Princess of Jordan’ before becoming ‘Queen Rajwa’ when her husband takes the throne as king. — mediahit
