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Rania Al-Yassin was born on 31 August 1970 in Kuwait, to Palestinian parents. [3] Her father, Faisal Al-Yassin, was a Palestinian from Tulkarm in the West Bank. [4] In 1991 Rania's family was forced to flee Kuwait, along with thousands of other Palestinian refugees, and resettled in Amman, Jordan. [4]
Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein [a] (born 30 January 1962) is King of Jordan, having ascended the throne on 7 February 1999. He is a member of the Hashemites , who have been the reigning royal family of Jordan since 1921, and is considered a 41st-generation direct descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad .
Princess Muna Al Hussein [2] (Arabic: منى الحسين, born Toni Avril Gardiner 25 April 1941) is the mother of Abdullah II of Jordan. She was the second wife of King Hussein; the couple divorced on 21 December 1972. She is British by birth.
Meanwhile, Crown Prince Hussein is the eldest son of King Abdullah II and Queen Rania. He was formally named heir to the throne at 15 years old, and is named after his grandfather, King Hussein ...
After his death, his first-born son, Abdullah II, became king and Hamzah became crown prince. In 2004, Prince Hamzah was unexpectedly stripped of his status as heir designate. [22] [23] [24] On July 2, 2009, Abdullah named his eldest son as heir-apparent to the throne, thereby ending the previous five years' speculation over his successor. [23]
In August 2024, Crown Prince Hussein and his wife, Princess Rajwa, welcomed their daughter, Princess Iman. Iman is the second child and eldest daughter of Queen Rania and King Abdullah of Jordan.
[115] [116] In January 2019, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum's wife, Princess Haya al-Hussein of Jordan, half-sister of King Abdullah II of Jordan, spoke in defense of Dubai's treatment of Sheikha Latifa. [117]
Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral took place in London on Monday, Sept. 19, with mourners paying their respects to Britain's longest-reigning monarch who died on Sept. 8 at 96. The state funeral ...