Prince and Princess of Wales shock friends at Jordan royal wedding ceremony

The Prince and Princess of Wales have made a shock go to to Jordan to attend the marriage of the nation’s Crown Prince and his Saudi Arabian bride.

Prince William and Kate have been amongst a bunch of overseas royalty attending the nuptials of the inheritor to the throne, Crown Prince Hussein, 28, and 29-year-old architect Rajwa Alseif.

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The ceremony acquired beneath manner on Thursday at Amman’s Zahran Palace, the identical venue chosen by the Crown Prince’s father, King Abdullah II, and his grandfather, the late King Hussein, for his or her weddings.

The British royals’ journey to Jordan was not introduced upfront, with their arrival confirmed by Jordanian state media a number of hours earlier than the beginning of the palace ceremony.

After the ceremony, Prince William and Kate lined up alongside different friends to congratulate the royal couple, Kate sporting a flooring size, long-sleeved child pink costume.

Prince William hugged the Crown Prince earlier than kissing Ms Alseif on both cheek, the Princess of Wales adopted swimsuit.

The King and Queen of the Netherlands in addition to US First Lady Jill Biden additionally stated they might attend.

The ceremony began with a number of the similar options as earlier ceremonies, together with a motorcade of pink Land Rovers escorting the couple by means of the streets of the capital to the ceremony.

Crowds gathered at websites with big screens which broadcast the marriage throughout the nation, with many individuals waving flags and decked out within the white-and-red checkered scarves worn by Jordan’s ruling household, the Hashemites.

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The bride, a graduate of Syracuse University in New York, arrived at Zahran Palace in a 1968 Rolls-Royce Phantom V custom-made for the Crown Prince’s late great-grandmother.

Meanwhile, the Crown Prince, who graduated from Georgetown University with a level in worldwide historical past in 2016 and from the British Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst the next 12 months, arrived sporting full ceremonial navy uniform with a gold-hilted saber.

As Jordan’s largest royal occasion in years, the ceremony held deep significance for the area. Much like royal weddings in Britain, congratulatory banners of the royal couple have been hung all through streets and retailers had competing shows of royal regalia.

Celebrations kicked off final week with a henna occasion for Ms Alseif, hosted by Jordan’s Queen Rania and attended by a number of hundred girls.

Thousands of Jordanians additionally attended a free live performance in Amman on Monday. Performers included well-known Arab singers, together with Egypt’s Tamer Hosny.

“It’s not just a marriage, it’s the presentation of the future king of Jordan,” stated political analyst Amer Sabaileh.

“The issue of the Crown Prince has been closed.”