Queen Rania wants to spend as much as possible with her family and as a young grandmother, the Queen of Jordan is ready to babysit her granddaughter Iman, even when she has obligations. Crown Prince Hussein’s first child, just a few months old, took part in her first meeting by teleconference, in the arms of her grandmother.
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First Zoom meeting for Iman from Jordan in the arms of her grandmother
On August 3, 2024, Princess Rajwa, wife of Crown Prince Hussein of Jordan for a year, gave birth to her first child. Princess Iman is the first grandchild of King Abdullah II and Queen Rania. Queen Rania, used to bringing her clan together and being very protective of her own, has already shared numerous photos of her babying her granddaughter.
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This week, Queen Rania was scheduled to participate in a remote meeting via Zoom, while at the same time caring for her 3-month-old granddaughter. So she decided to telework with the little princess in her arms and participate in the teleconference with Iman. “This week, baby Iman participated in her first board meeting via Zoom”explains the young grandmother, totally touched by her eldest son’s baby.
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In August 2022, the Hashemite Royal Court announced in a brief press release that Crown Prince Hussein would soon marry Rajwa Khaled Al Saif. The young woman, who graduated in architecture from Syracuse University in New York, was then a complete stranger. Less than a year later, on June 1, 2023, Crown Prince Hussein married Rajwa in front of more than sixty kings, queens, princes, princesses and presidents from around the world. Their daughter Iman was born in August 2024, the year of Crown Prince Hussein’s 30th birthday. Of the five children of King Abdullah II and Queen Rania, only the eldest, Hussein and Iman, are married. Iman does not yet have children. The baby therefore has the same first name as his aunt.
Article 28 of the Jordanian Constitution regulates the question of the order of succession to the throne. “The royal title passes from the holder of the throne to his eldest son, then to that son’s eldest son, and so on, in a process of linear succession”. Little Princess Iman is therefore not in the order of succession to the throne. According to the current order, Hussein is the heir to the throne, and despite this birth, his younger brother, Prince Hashem retains his second position. The Constitution also allows the sovereign to choose one of his brothers as heir.
Nicolas Fontaine
Editor-in-chief
Nicolas Fontaine has been a designer-editor and author for numerous Belgian and French brands and media. A specialist in royal family news, Nicolas founded the site Histoires royales of which he is the editor-in-chief. [email protected]
