Dubai, 3 August 2024 (TDI): Crown Prince of Jordan Hussein bin Abdullah and Princess Rajwa Al-Hussein have welcomed their first child, a baby Iman on Saturday morning.
The new parents named their bundle of joy Iman, the Royal Hashemite Court announced in a statement.
The King and Queen of Jordan expressed their joy on social media platform X. King Abduallah said that the arrival of his granddaughter has “enlightened the family.”
Queen Rania congratulated the couple and wished blessings upon them and their new child.
Jordan’s law dictates that the royal throne passes to male heirs, so Crown Prince Hussein and Princess Rajwa’s child will enter the line of succession to the throne. Since the baby is a girl, there is no change to the succession line. Hussein is heir to the throne and he is followed by his brother Prince Hashem.
The royal family’s new addition will receive the titles of princess and Her Royal Highness.
The royal family announced the pregnancy in April, saying Princess Rajwa, who is from Saudi Arabia, will give birth in the summer.
Princess Rajwa, who celebrated her 30th birth anniversary in April, is the daughter of late Saudi businessman Khalid bin Musaed bin Saif bin Abdulaziz Al-Saif, who died in January this year, and his spouse, Azza bint Nayef Abdulaziz Ahmad Al-Sudairi.
She is the youngest of 4 children. Her older siblings are called Nayef, Faisal and Dana.
The princess’s mother comes from the prominent Al-Sudairi family. Incidentally, King Salman of Saudi Arabia is one of the so-called “Sudairi Seven,” an influential alliance of 7 full brothers born to King Abdulaziz and Hussa bint Ahmed Al-Sudairi.
After graduating from high school in the Kingdom, Princess Rajwa entered Syracuse University’s School of Architecture in New York State. She also holds a degree in Associate of Arts Professional Designation in visual communications from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles.
After a spell working at an architecture company in Los Angeles, she returned to her native country to work at the Designlab Experience design studio in Riyadh.
She and the crown prince married in June 2023 at Zahran Palace in Amman in a ceremony that included dignitaries and royals from around the globe, including the US First Lady Jill Biden; UK’s Prince and Princess of Wales William and Kate Middleton; Qatar’s Sheikha Moza bint Nasser and many more.
