#cp hussein

[leonorplantagenet]

"I do enjoy a good royal wedding" (semicit.)

One of the portraits released on the occasion of the wedding of Crown Prince Hussein and Princess Rajwa of Jordan.

[charlotte-of-wales]

The wedding of Crown Prince Hussein of Jordan and Rajwa Al Saif | June 1st, 2023

[foreverinthepagesofhistory]

I feel like 2023 is just the year of no tiaras :/

[royal-confessions]

“Congratulations to Crown Prince Hussein and Princess Rajwa on the birth of their beautiful baby girl 🎀🎀Hussein and the whole family looked so happy 🥹” - Submitted by Anonymous

“Omg congratulations to prince hussein and princess rajwa on their bundle of joy!” - Submitted by cottoncrosy

“Congratulations to Hussein and Rajwa on the birth of their baby girl, Iman! 🩷” - Submitted by Anonymous

“Yaaaay! Princess Rajwa and Prince Hussein welcomed a baby girl 💗🤌🏼 how lovely, i hope shes healthy and inch'Allah will grow up to be a gracious blessed beautiful Princess .Princess Rajwa made a lot of hints about having a baby girl.” - Submitted by thisisoursecretm

“Congrats to Princess Rawja and CP Hussein for the birth of her daughter named Iman 🩷 I’m sure Abdullah and Rania are going to spoil the baby 🌸 I genuinely thought they were going to have a boy but now that I see it makes sense them having a baby girl 😅” - Submitted by Anonymous

“Princess Iman bing Hussein was born to Crown Prince Hussein and Princess Rajwa!! Congratulations to them; the video posted on the RHC Instagram of Hussein is so sweet 🥹 I hope people are easy on Rajwa for not having a boy (hopefully they knew beforehand or at least Hussein and Rajwa did) but ai love the tribute to Princess Iman. I feel like it shows Rajwa and Iman are closer than we thought they were. I hope everyone is happy and healthy, most importantly mother and baby!!” - Submitted by Anonymous

[jordanianprincesses]

Princess Rajwa and CP Hussein in the US.

[charlotte-of-wales]

which stream?? the one I’m watching is showing people sitting in a studio talking lol

They are here in tiaras!!! Rania and Abdullah!!!

[backtonormallife]

Given that we haven't had an announcement from the British Royal Family, I'm going to predict that William and Catherine will be at CP Hussein & Rajwa's wedding. There has been a ton of security around the BRF these days. I think it won't be announced until that morning, if at all.

[ninjasmart]

Hello! Sorry, but who is Cph and “the baby that is coming is”?

CP Hussein of Jordan. He got married this year. We are all waiting for the baby now.

[royallyquestionable]

With just a couple of days to go until the wedding of Jordan’s Crown Prince Hussein & Rajwa Al Saif, wedding promotion is in full swing on social media.

All over social media, I’ve noticed posts by both media and fans alike which are positive about the union. The negative posts are few and far between.

The Hashemites don’t have a particularly large following outside the Arab world, when compared to other monarchies or sheikhdoms. CP Hussein is perhaps the most popular and yet most people in the western world have no idea who he is. It is therefore, unsurprising that there are few western fans getting excited about the wedding.

The engagement itself came out of the blue. There were no clues in the months leading up to the event that Hussein was ready for marriage. In fact, barely a year before he had said in a TV interview that he was single.

As soon as the engagement photos were released, many people began to comment that it looked like an arranged marriage. The photos and video looked awkward. Rajwa looked genuinely happy, while Hussein looked like he was conducting a business meeting.

People immediately began to speculate about the reasoning behind this arrangement (if it is in fact an arrangement). Details about Rajwa were released. Her father is a Saudi billionaire property developer and her mother is the second cousin of Mohammed Bin Salman. The reason most people concluded was behind this marriage was money. The Hashemites have been caught up in various money related scandals, so it made sense.

Before too long, this descended into hatred and criticism of Rajwa, which I will cover in another post. It also changed from being arranged to forced, which are two very different things.

Meanwhile, something interesting was happening. Negative comments or anything remotely suggested an arrangement were either being removed or bombarded with pro-wedding replies, often from accounts with no posts. People were going out of their way to find accounts with negative comments and counter them.

Even if I explained away the engagement photos as nerves, the behaviour that followed actually only increased suspicion. I mean, when a royal or celeb gets engaged, there will always be unhappy fans. There will always be rumours and criticism. It’s unpleasant but it runs its course.

Unless of course, you do actually have something to hide. Which brings us to the fact that someone had gone to great lengths to remove everything from the internet about Rajwa prior to her engagement to Hussein. Not an easy task, considering the internet never forgets!

Since the internet never forgets, the more dedicated fans out there did still manage to dig up a little more info and a few old photos but nothing significant, to my knowledge. Another interesting side note is that these seem to have come from sources such as Facebook and Twitter. Much more difficult sites to remove photos and information from unless you’re the account holder who originally posted them.

In the months that followed, we saw an obvious PR push from the RHC to promote the union and Rajwa in particular. The PR never said that it was a love story as such, yet that is the vibe they were pushing. Especially with comments from Queen Rania about how she is like a third daughter to her.

Most people commenting on social media added to the love story narrative, continuing to do battle with the minority who were suggesting otherwise.

CP Hussein even discussed how they’d met at an event for his foundation, saying it was through a friend. He said they’d met once and some time had past before he was reminded of her by someone. They exchanged some messages and the engagement happened quickly.

Again, many took to social media to say that it was clear how much he loved her and that they’d met through a friend, therefore it wasn’t an arranged marriage.

Others pointed out how obvious this story sounded and how unlikely it was to have suddenly fallen in love and become engaged in such a short amount of time.

(I might go into my thoughts about that in another post because I find it an interesting point)

Unlikely it certainly is, but not impossible. Still, I think many people have overlooked something else which makes this union not only suspect but also concerning.

Just over a year before the engagement was the sedition case in Jordan. I won’t go into detail because it’s a long story but certainly worth looking into it you’re curious. The very short version is that King Abdullah’s brother, Prince Hamza (former CP of Jordan) was accused of an attempted coup with the help of a few others. It was immensely problematic and tied to a few other countries. Saudi Arabia being one of those counties and one of Mohammed Bin Salman’s senior advisors working with Hamza. Of course, Saudi Arabia denied having anything to do with it.

If true, (check the details and decide for yourself what you think) this can’t have been good news for King Abdullah. He’s always had a tumultuous relationship with MBS and accusations like that won’t have gone down well with MBS either way. Not to mention rumours that as custodian of two of Islam's most holy sites, MBS was keen to gain custodianship of Al-Aqsa too, which the Hashemites are currently custodians of. There have been some interesting moves made between Saudi Arabia and Israel, which put Jordan in a precarious position.

So, what are the odds that shortly after these events, the single Crown Prince meets and falls in love with a relative of MBS? If true, it’s reminiscent of Romeo & Juliette but in reality, I suspect that there’s a lot more to this story and that love isn’t the driving force behind it.

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[charlotte-of-wales]

Raina and Rajwa’s mom were seen in Milan late last year so the twitter girlies are guessing something Italian

any guesses for rajwas dress?

[jordanianroyals]

I just read an article by robert satloff that talked about how king hussein always wanted abdullah to be king! interesting read!

Indeed, it’s very interesting read. I also enjoyed his Research Memorandum published in the same year. It was 1999 but it’s still relevant today - the part about unifying the family. IMO, I think the way King Hussein handled successions issues without clarity really created a lot of resentment in the family and Abdullah was the same. Let’s hope CP Hussein will change this pattern when he ascends.

[elizabethskipp]

CE 1967: Footage of Jerusalem

The film “Pathe Colour Pictorial CP 651” was replaced by another travelogue called ‘Istanbul’. It was filmed in May 1967, just days before the start of the six-day war between Israel and the Arab countries. The commentary in the film mentioned the conflict and spoke favourably of King Hussein of Jordan. Various shots depict the Model City of Jerusalem, the Jewish part of town, a street market, a…

[charlotte-of-wales]

and so the mystery ends….The York tiara has, in fact, NOT been sold!

[foreverinthepagesofhistory]

Hi bestie I just wanted to ask if you still gonna post the footage of Alexei ;)?

No rush if you're still busy , or if you don't want it's okay.

Omg thanks for reminding me!!! I have it all ready but i lust forgot to post it lmfao 😭. I was distracted by CP Hussein’s wedding lol

Posting it now!

[royal-confessions]

“I'm kind of bummed about the name CP Hussein and Rajwa chose for their little girl because JRF usually takes more liberties with the daughters' name since they are not in line for the throne. It gives us a glimpse of the parents' personnalities and I like it. It's not like either of the Imans of the family (bint Hussein bin Talal, and bint Abdallah II) are that inspirational” - Submitted by Anonymous

[jordanianprincesses]

Princess Rajwa and CP Hussein in the U.S capitol today 😍

A special thanks to the anon who told me about this ! 🥰