The Duke and Duchess
of Cambridge have reason to celebrate as William’s close friend, Hussein,
Crown Prince of Jordan has gotten engaged.
The Jordan Palace shared the
news that Hussein and Ms. Rajwa Khaled bin Musaed bin Saif bin Abdulaziz Al Saif
were to be wed on Wednesday. The engagement took place at the home of Ms. Rajwa’s father in Riyadh, where members of both families were in attendance.
Photos shared by the Palace on Instagram showed the happy couple smiling as
they celebrated the news.
William and Hussein enjoy a
close bond, with the Crown Prince hosting the Duke when he toured the
Middle East in 2018.
Hussein even invited William
to his home so that the dad-of-three could watch England play in the
World Cup. The royal had missed the live game due to prior engagements, but the
pair watched a taped recording.
William also shares a close
bond with Hussein’s mother, Queen Rania, as she is a council member for
the Duke’s Earthshot Prize.
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William and Hussein are close friends
Kate has close ties with
Jordan herself since she moved there with her family in 1984 when she was just
two years old. Her father, Michael Middleton, was a British Airways manager and
had relocated to Amman for work.
Jordan clearly holds a close
heart in the royal pair’s hearts, as they have holidayed in Middle Eastern
countries with their children, and even chose photos from their trip to cover
messages for Christmas and Father’s Day.
Crown Prince Hussein is a
graduate of the prestigious Georgetown University in the States, he also served
in the army after graduating from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in 2017
and made history in 2015 as the youngest person ever to chair a meeting of the
Security Council at the United Nations.
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Queen Rania is on the Eartshout Council
The Crown Prince will one day
inherit the throne, and has already taken on many official royal duties over
the last few years, including stepping in for his dad earlier this year, when
the King was hospitalized for spinal surgery.
He’s also head of the Crown
Prince Foundation, which was set up to help local youth “employ their
full potential and creativity.”
He plays an active role in all
of his foundation’s initiatives, from helping open the Al Hussein Technical
University to providing cochlear implants to the hearing impaired to teaching
leadership skills to high school students.
