Rajwa Alseif and Crown Prince Hussein.Photo:RHC JO/Youtube
RHC JO/Youtube
Crown Prince Husseinof Jordan is married!
The heir to the Jordanian throne, 28, married fiancéeRajwa Alseifin an epicroyal weddingin Amman on Thursday. The couple tied the knot in an Islamic marriage ceremony at Zahran Palace, where the prince’s parentsQueen Raniaand King Abdullah II of Jordan wed in 1993.
Rajwa Alseif and Prince Hashem.RHC JO/Youtube
Shortly after the service, the Royal Hashemite Court announced that Rajwa is officially a princess!
“A Royal Decree was issued to bestow the title of Her Royal Highness Princess Rajwa Al Hussein on Miss Rajwa Khalid Alseif, on the occasion of her marriage to His Royal Highness Crown Prince Al Hussein #Jordan,” thestatementsaid.
Royal Wedding of Jordan.APAImages/Shutterstock
APAImages/Shutterstock
Rajwa Alseif and Crown Prince Hussein.RHC JO/Youtube
Royal Wedding of Jordan.RHC JO/Youtube
The wedding brought together the couple’s families and royalty fromaround the world—includingPrince WilliamandKate Middleton! — and came nine months after Crown Prince Hussein announced his engagement in August 2022. Like many modern couples, Hussein and Rajwa shared the happy news on social media.
Crown Prince Al Hussein of Jordan and Rajwa Al Saif.Royal Hashemite Court/Albert Nieboer/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images
“We pray that God grants us His blessings. Grateful to my dear Jordanian family for their heartfelt support and kind wishes,” the prince wrote of the Instagramphotowhere they posed close, Rajwa’s dazzling diamond ring on display.
Crown Prince Hussein and Rajwa embraced the exciting time with separate festivities. Hussein, who is a captain in the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army, held a Jordanian summer night on May 17 with one of the Royal Armored Battalion’s units. According to hiswebsite, the groom-to-be and his younger brother Prince Hasheem enjoyed poetry, dancing, tug of war and the dismantling of weapons.
Crown Prince Hussein.Al Hussein bin Abdullah II/Instagram
Al Hussein bin Abdullah II/Instagram
A few days later, Queen Rania threw adinner partyfor Rajwa. The Queen of Jordan, 52, praised her future daughter-in-law in a welcome at the celebration as “the sweetest and most beautiful bride-to-be” and as dear to her as her own daughters.
Queen Rania and Rajwa Al Saif.© Royal Hashemite Court
© Royal Hashemite Court
“I’ll never forget how happy His Majesty and I were when Al Hussein told us he wanted to marry Rajwa. She is the perfect answer to all my prayers for him,” Rania said in a sweet speech, wishing the young couple a bright future. “May you always be each other’s source of happiness and support.”
The night before the wedding, Hussein had a “pre-wedding bash” with his brother, cousins and battalion members of the Jordan Armed Forces.
Rajwa was born in Saudi Arabia, the youngest of Azza and Khalid’s four children. She went to college in the United States, earning a degree in architecture from Syracuse University in New York and a professional designation degree in visual communications from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles.
Rajwa Al Saif and Crown Prince Hussein.Richard Gardner/Shutterstock
Her new husband is a graduate of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in England and Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., and the future King of Jordan. It remains unclear when the couple connected, and how long they had been together before getting engaged.
In preparation for royal duty, Rajwa joined Hussein at a few engagements before the royal wedding. In October 2022, they toured exhibits at the Royal Hashemite Court to learn more about Jordan’s Hashemite history. In January, the couple visited the Fragrance of Colors initiative in Amman, which teaches the blind and visually impaired art through smell,Arab Newsreported.
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“Wishing my dearest Rajwa a very happy birthday! Looking forward to a life of love, compassion and commitment with you,” Hussein captioned theInstagramsnap on April 28, posting a joyful photo of Rajwa with a tacked-up horse.
source: people.com
