Live Updates | The Royal Wedding of Jordan

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The latest on the royal wedding in Jordan of Crown Prince Hussein and Rajwa Alseif:

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British Prince William and his wife Kate, surprise guests at Thursday’s wedding of the Crown Prince of Jordan and his Saudi wife, have long had a special relationship with the kingdom and its royal family.

William, 40, and Crown Prince Hussein, 28, are graduates of Britain’s Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.

The two spent time together when the Crown Prince hosted William during his trip to Jordan in 2018. During the visit, the couple capped off a day of engagements by watching the FIFA World Cup match. England against Panama which the heir to the Jordanian throne had saved earlier.

At the time, Kensington Palace posted two photos on Twitter showing the pair sitting on a sofa at Beit Al Urdun Palace, watching the match on a giant screen. Both were dressed casually, Hussein in a white T-shirt and William in a light blue shirt.

Kate had lived for three years in Jordan as a child when her father worked for British Airways. William and Kate took their children on a family vacation to Jordan in 2021.

The British monarchy and the ruling Hashemites in Jordan have a long shared history. Britain had helped settle the Hashemites in Transjordan a century ago and remained involved in Jordanian affairs for decades to come. Hussein’s grandfather, the late King Hussein, and his father, King Abdullah II, also attended Sandhurst,