Jordan is celebrating the nuptials of Crown Prince Hussein and Rajwa Alsaif, an architect who finished her studies at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in L.A. Correspondent nabihbulos reports from Amman:
Jordan’s King Abdullah II denies impropriety in his purchases of luxury homes abroad, which were revealed in a massive leak of financial documents.
The wedding starts Thursday afternoon, with some 1,700 guests. A large motorcade is planned, with many parts of Amman blocked off for the bride and groom to make their way to one of the royal palaces west of the capital. One private news channel spent minutes speculating as to which of the royal family’s collection of classic automobiles —, was a huge car aficionado — would bear the couple to Husseiniya palace.
Posters bearing an image of Crown Prince Hussein have become ubiquitous across Jordan in the run-up to his wedding Thursday.
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