Prince William and Kate Attend Wedding of Jordan’s Crown Prince Hussein and Saudi Bride

Liputan6.com, Jakarta – British Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton were announced to have arrived to witness the sacred moment of the wedding of Crown Prince Hussein and his bride from Saudi Arabia. The presence of the British royals was kept secret and was only confirmed by Jordanian state media hours before the start of the palace ceremony.

From the live broadcast broadcast via Facebook Watch, Prince William and Princess Kate arrived in the afternoon. The royal couple looked harmonious, Kate wore a peach-toned gown with a high collar and flashy jewelery that as usual showcased her regal side as a future queen, while William wore a black suit and blue tie.

Kate seemed to smile when she was greeted by Queen Rania Al Abdullah and seemed to chat a little before entering the reception area. Quoting from the CBS News page, Thursday night (1/6/2023), the marriage of the 28-year-old heir to the Jordanian throne and Rajwa Alseif, who has Arab blood, is a historic milestone for Jordan. The festivities, which started Thursday afternoon, also introduced Hussein to a wider audience.

The marriage would shore up the royal family’s line of succession, refreshing its image after palace feuds. It could even help resource-poor Jordan forge strategic ties with its oil-rich neighbor Saudi Arabia.

The signing of the marriage contract will take place at the Zahran Palace in Amman, which has not seen such pomp and circumstance since 1993, when, on a sunny day in June, Abdullah married Rania, who was born in Kuwait to Palestinian parents. Decades earlier, Abdullah’s father, the late King Hussein, said his vows in the same garden as his second wife, Briton Antoinette Gardiner.

On Thursday morning, guests from Saudi Arabia for men wore white dishdasha robes and women in brightly colored abayas. They entered through the marble lobby of the Four Seasons Hotel in Amman.