It has been a giant 12 months — and a giant month! — for Queen Rania of Jordan.
To mark her 54th birthday on Aug. 31, the Royal Hashemite Courtroom released a new portrait of the Queen. The photograph reveals the royal smiling as she appears to be like off-camera whereas sporting a regal look: a night gown full with a purple sash, adorned with a crown brooch, and glowing tiara.
Queen Rania now shares a birthday month together with her new child granddaughter. She turned a grandmother for the primary time when her son Crown Prince Hussein and daughter-in-law Princess Rajwa welcomed their first baby, Princess Iman, on Aug. 3.
“Iman, you’ve already obtained a maintain of my coronary heart,” the Queen of Jordan wrote on Instagram earlier this month. “Our household has by no means been happier!”
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Along with Princess Iman’s start, it has been a giant 12 months for Jordan’s royal household. King Abdullah celebrated his Silver Jubilee, marking 25 years on the throne, and not too long ago gave his spouse of 31 years a particular honor: the Order of the Bejewelled Grand Cordon of Al Nahda, in appreciation of her service alongside him for 1 / 4 century. The respect was given to the Queen “in recognition of her main position within the development of Jordanian society and her efforts to help Jordanians in all fields,” in response to the Royal Hashemite Courtroom.
“Each time I enter a Jordanian village or residence, its folks ask me to convey to you their greetings and their appreciation on your efforts to develop our nation and create a brighter, extra hopeful future for our youngsters,” the King, 62, wrote in a public letter addressed to his spouse marking the event. “I see, of their eyes, love for the spouse of their King and the mom of their Crown Prince.”
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Abdullah acceded to the throne at 37 years previous in February 1999 upon the loss of life of his father, King Hussein. Simply days earlier than he died, King Hussein selected Abdullah as his successor over Crown Prince Hamzah, his son together with his fourth spouse, Queen Noor, BBC reported.
The celebration of King Abullah’s Silver Jubilee on June 9 was stuffed with pageantry, together with a navy parade and flypast attended by round 9,000 folks. Queen Rania, who joined her husband on a number of visits throughout Jordan all through 2024 marking the milestone, posted a sweet tribute of her personal on Instagram, writing, “King of my coronary heart…Congratulations in your Silver Jubilee.”
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To mark their wedding anniversary the very subsequent day, June 10, Rania wrote a tribute on Instagram to her husband, whom she referred to as “one of the best pal, associate, husband and position mannequin anybody may ask for.”
Along with maintaining busy with a jubilee 12 months, Queen Rania apparently hung out looking for her first grandchild previous to Princess Iman’s arrival. In accordance with her son Crown Prince Hussein, “My mom has already began looking for child stuff weeks in the past,” he instructed Al Arabiya in Might.
He added of impending fatherhood that “Every part will change with the youngsters, for certain. I don’t know what to anticipate, however thank God we’re excited and the household is worked up too.”
After Princess Iman’s start, proud grandmother Queen Rania posted to Instagram, writing “A lot cuteness in my arms.”
After her son Crown Prince Hussein, 30, married Princess Rajwa, additionally 30, in a June 1, 2023 royal marriage ceremony in Amman, Jordan (the place Kate Middleton and Prince William have been among the many 1,700 in attendance!), Queen Rania instructed TODAY in a 2023 look the recommendation she’d given her daughter-in-law on life within the public eye.
“One of many first issues, simply earlier than my son introduced his engagement, I took Rajwa to the facet and the very first thing I instructed her was that there’s no such factor as 100% approval ranking,” Rania stated. “You’re all the time going to have folks which might be towards you, and the recommendation that I need to offer you is ‘Please strive to not learn the feedback.’”
She added, “, you’re simply going to have self-doubt, and there’s all the time going to be negativity — and it’s not about you, it’s from the particular person. They’re sad in their very own lives. So don’t carry that unhappiness…it’ll shake your confidence.”
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Along with Crown Prince Hussein, the King and Queen are additionally dad and mom to their very own Princess Iman, 27, Princess Salma, 23, and Prince Hashem, 19.
