Jordan’s Royal Wedding Day Gets Underway With Surprise Arrival of Britain’s Prince William and Kate Middleton
Jordan’s highly anticipated royal wedding day got underway on Thursday with the surprise announcement that Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate had arrived to witness the nuptials of Crown Prince Hussein and his Saudi Arabian bride.
The attendance of the British royals had been kept under wraps and was only confirmed by Jordanian state media a few hours before the start of the palace ceremony.
The wedding of Jordan’s 28-year-old heir to the throne and Rajwa Al-Saif, a 29-year-old architect linked to her own country’s monarch, emphasize continuity in an Arab state prized for its longstanding stability. The festivities, starting Thursday afternoon, also introduce Hussein to a wider global audience.
Watch: Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate arrive in #Jordan to attend the highly anticipated wedding of Jordan’s Crown Prince Al Hussein and Saudi national Rajwa Al Saif. #RoyalWedding https://t.co/6iQV8qZuP5 pic.twitter.com/2sl5PryxiF
— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) June 1, 2023
