The Prince and Princess of Wales were among the guests at the biggest royal wedding of the year, as King Abdullah II’s heir, Crown Prince Hussein married his bride, Rajwa Al Saif.
William and Kate were spotted arriving at the ceremony, which took place in the gardens of Zahran Palace in Amman on Thursday 1 June.
The Prince donned a navy suit, while the Princess looked beautiful in a blush pink Elie Saab dress and accessorised with a striking pair of morganite earrings.
The couple shared a warm interaction with King Abdullah and his wife, Queen Rania, with Kate curtseying the King and Queen.
The Prince and Princess have ties with Jordan, with Kate’s family living in Amman for a few years in the mid-1980s when she was a young girl and the couple enjoyed a 2021 holiday in the Middle East country with their children.
Kate’s mother, Carole Middleton, was also spotted among the guests at the wedding reception at Al Husseiniya Palace, along with Kate’s younger sister, Pippa and her husband, James Matthews.
Meanwhile, Queen Rania is a member of the Earthshot Prize Council, the judging panel for William’s environmental prize which this year will be staged in Singapore.
William visited Jordan in 2018 and was joined on a number of official visits by Crown Prince Hussein, and when the two men met after the ceremony they hugged.
The royal bride, who is now known as Her Royal Highness Princess Rajwa Al Hussein, wore a custom-fitted gown by Lebanese designer, Elie Saab.
The King and Queen proudly watched as their son, Crown Prince Hussein, was wed during an Islamic marriage ceremony known as a “katb ktab” held in a gazebo in the garden of the Zahran Palace and conducted by the Royal Hashemite Court Imam Dr Ahmed Al Khalaileh.
The newlyweds traveled from Zahran Palace to Al Husseiniya Palace in a procession known as the Red Motorcade.
A much bigger guest list of 1,700 gathered for performances by local and regional singers, as well as a choir, Jordanian bands, the national orchestra and folk-dance troupes.
