The marriage of Prince Hussein and the future King and Queen of Jordan, Rajwa al-Saif of Saudi Arabia

The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is preparing for the day of celebration. This Thursday, June 1, Prince Hussein will marry Saudi Arabia’s Rajwa al-Saif at the Zahran Palace in Amman. The very place where his father, King Abdullah II, married Rania Al-Yasin in 1993.

according to the information received from Vogue Arabia , then the wedding ceremony will be followed by a reception at Al Husseiniya Palace, which will be attended by members of the royal family and high-ranking representatives from around the world. Including King Felipe VI of Spain and his wife Queen Letizia. On the other hand, the Windsor clan should not be represented, although Prince William and Kate Middleton received an invitation. And this, despite the fact that the event is large. The son-in-law has been the official heir to the throne of Jordan since 2009. The latter should first go to the king’s half-brother, Prince Hamza, before the latter was deposed in favor of Abdullah II’s eldest son.

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Usually more reserved than the royal family of England or Spain, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has, however, been in the news several times in recent months. Indeed, on March 12, the country celebrated the marriage of the royal couple’s daughter, Princess Iman, with Venezuelan Jamel Alexander Thermiotis. Live broadcast on national television Jordan TV:these weddings were eagerly awaited as the 26-year-old was the first of King Abdullah II and Queen Rania’s children to marry.

Studies in the United States

Now it is the turn of the eldest of the siblings, 28-year-old Hussain, to be reunited with his beloved. Rajwa al-Saif (her name means “hope” in Arabic), born in 1994, like her future husband, belongs to one of the richest families in Saudi Arabia. She is the youngest daughter of Khaled bin Musaed bin Saif bin Abdulaziz El-Saif and Azza bint Nayef Abdulaziz Ahmed al-Sudeiri and has two brothers and one sister, Faisal, Nayef and Dana. According to the magazine Hello , The young woman’s father, a civil engineer trained at the American University of Beirut, is a powerful businessman and the owner of the El Seif Group business conglomerate. As for his mother, Azza al-Sudayri, she is the cousin of the mother of the current king Salman bin Abdelaziz al-Saud, writes: Opinion.

Rajwa al-Saif attended high school in Saudi Arabia before flying to New York. Enrolled at Syracuse University, this horse lover continued his studies in architecture. Prince Hussein, he studied international history at the prestigious Georgetown University in Washington. And it is also thanks to a friend that he met his future wife. “I met my fiancée, Rajwa, through one of my classmates,” he said Opinion , in May. In this same interview, the crown prince considers himself “lucky” because “it’s not every day you meet someone like Rajva”. After losing sight of each other for a while, the duo reconnected. “Fate did the rest,” adds the future king.

And everything seems to have passed very quickly between the two young people. On August 17, 2022, we learned that the eldest son of the King and Queen of Jordan got engaged. Making the news official, the main stakeholder then wrote on his Instagram page: “Thank God. We pray that God will give us his blessing. I am grateful to my beloved Jordanian family for their sincere support and well wishes.” In one of the first official portraits of the future sovereign couple, Rajwa Al-Saif wore a pleated blue gown by Greek designer Christos Kostarellos. A style choice that was very reminiscent of the blue Phylis dress worn by Kate Middleton on the day she announced her engagement to Prince William on November 16, 2010.

Waiting for the long-awaited day, the bride-to-be has already participated in several celebrations. This Monday evening, May 22, in Amman, she attended a traditional henna ceremony in her honor, which is “a must for any oriental wedding,” she notes. Paris game . During this evening, she was accompanied by her fiance’s sisters, princesses Iman and Salma, her mother, as well as Queen Rania of Jordan. The latter did not conceal his joy at the idea of ​​seeing his son united with Rajwa, to whom he paid lively tribute. What brings tears to his bride-to-be?

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