AMMAN.- Jordan is preparing to soon receive a new member of the royal family Hashemite. Crown Prince Hussein bin al-Abdullah (aged 29) and his wife, the princesa Rajwa al-Hussein (29), wait his first sonas announced by the royal house this Wednesday.
“The Hashemite Royal Court is pleased to announce that Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Hussein bin al-Abdullah and Princess Rajwa al-Hussein are expecting, with the help and grace of God, their first child this summer. [boreal]”, he indicated in a statement.
“The Hashemite Royal Court extends its sincere congratulations to their majesties on Ray Abdullah II and the Queen Rania on this occasion, and wishes Their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince and Princess good health and joy as they welcome their baby,” he added.
The brief statement He did not specify how many weeks the princess is or the sex of the baby., which could determine whether the future baby will be heir to the throne. In Jordan, as in most Arab monarchies, the salic lawwhich prevents a woman from being the holder of the Crown in her own right. So this baby will only reign if it were a boy..
Rumors about the pregnancy were circulating even before the announcement due to Princess Rajwa’s public absence in recent weeks. It is true that, in these months, The Jordanian royal family is doing fewer activities due to the war in Gaza. However, his conspicuous low profile had raised suspicions that something was up.
The princess’s recent absence from royal engagements is also explained by the recent death of his fatherKhalid al-Saif, who died in February after a long illness.
Hussein, who does ascend to the throne He will be the fifth king of Jordan and the second of his name, he has been the crown prince since his father named him that way when he was 15 years old.
Like his father and grandfather, he completed his military studies at the Sandhurst Military Academy, and later graduated in history from Georgetown University in the United States.
Rawja, for his part, descends from a dynasty of sheikhs whose origins are in the Subai tribe. He attended high school in Saudi Arabia and later became an architect from Syracuse University.
The young couple got engaged in August 2022 and married a year later – in June of last year – in a high profile weddingwhich brought together the Kings William and Maxima of the NetherlandsPrinces William and Kate of Wales, the emeritus kings of Spain, Juan Carlos I and Sofia, Frederick and Mary of Denmark, Victoria and Daniel of Sweden and Haakon of Norway, among many other members of royalty.
Queen Rania then stated, through her social networks, that “I did not believe it was possible to carry so much joy” in her heart. The marriage of the heir to the throne with a Saudi aristocrat related to the reigning house was a symbolically important step for the Hashemite royal family, which At the head of a country without oil or natural gas and with a weak economy, he must overcome countless obstacles to survive in a region of extreme volatility..
The war in Gaza has put a strain on its fragile balance. The kingdom, led by monarch Abdullah II, has been the custodian of the Esplanade of Mosques in East Jerusalem since 1967 – the third holiest place for Muslims – and is also the main ally of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) of the West Bank. , while maintaining relations with Israel since 1994.
Furthermore, its relations with Hamas are full of tensions and the kingdom does not act as a mediator between the Islamist movement and the ANP, which, like Jordan, has been accused of collaboration with Israel.