We haven’t seen since Harry and Meghan royal wedding so luxurious, with the difference that yesterday’s holiday in Assam, the capital of Jordan, was Crown Prince Hussein with his fiancee Rajwa. The event is so important that yesterday was declared a national holiday. Exactly 30 years after the wedding of King Abdullah II with the beautiful Palestinian Rania, the sovereign sees how the dream of succession to the throne in favor of his son becomes more and more concrete thanks to a marriage that soon guarantees heirs and greater stability on the throne, after the half-brother Prince Hamza, the same one, who tried to overthrow the kingdom in 2021, was disinherited in 2009 by Abdullah himself. Prince Hussein, who turned 29 on June 28, is well aware of his role and, like his father in 1993, was greeted along with his fiancée by cheering crowds that gathered along the road to greet the couple.
The celebration began on Wednesday evening with a sumptuous banquet hosted by the sovereign for 4,000 Jordanians., a way to bring together at the same table representatives of the many souls of a country that, more than any other in the Middle East, has managed to maintain stability and order in recent decades. Yesterday morning, the official ceremony of the famous Muslim rite of katb al-ketab took place at the Palazzo Zahran, at which the groom was present in official uniform, and the bride, accompanied by her young brother-in-law Hashim, met with long applause, appeared in a white Elie Saab dress with an asymmetrical neckline and a long veil . After exchanging rings and congratulating their parents – the king’s emotions are obvious – the couple headed to Al Husseiniya Palace, escorted by 20 red Land Rovers, with dozens of extras painting the colors of the Jordanian flag. Military and civilian parade in honor of the newlyweds who beamed from their car.
A banquet was held in the palace, which was attended by about 2,000 guests, including 140 crowned persons.. Among the guests were representatives of King Charles, William and Kate, who have always been closely associated with the country, as well as Princess Beatrice and Count Mapelli Mozzi of Edo, as personal friends of the groom, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden with her husband Daniel. , King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, Queen Maxima and her daughter Amalia, Princess Elisabeth of Belgium, Prince Haakon of Norway, Queen Jetsun of Bhutantogether with princess Euphelma, princes of Japan and heir to the throne of Luxembourg. Absent instead were Felipe VI and Letizia of Spain, represented by Juan Carlos, who lived in the United Arab Emirates for many years after his hasty escape from Madrid in 2020, and the honorary Queen Sofia.
The dress code was white tie, tight for men, and long evening gowns for women, with tiaras and tiaras for queens and princesses. A triumph of diamonds and gemstones from the most famous fashion houses in the world. There are examples? Kate’s incredible lover’s knot, Queen Maxima’s Stewart tiara and Boucheron, Crown Princess of Sweden’s tiara. A big surprise also for Beatrice of York, who for the occasion showed off the tiara commissioned by her mother Sarah Ferguson on her wedding day, a wedding gift from Elizabeth that Andrea’s ex-wife kept for herself after her divorce and which she lent to his daughter for this – appropriate to say – fabulous case.
Source: Elle