King Abdullah’s British Grandfather Dies

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Colonel Walter Percy Gardiner, the British grandfather of Jordan’s King Abdullah II, has passed away at Princess Muna’s house on December 1, 2010 according to a statement released by the Royal Court. Walter Gardiner was born on December 12, 1914 in Standford, England. He married Doris Elizabeth Sutton (1916-1994) on December, 24, 1938. Their daughter, Antoinette Avril Gardiner, became Princess Muna Al Hussein in May 1961 after marrying the late King Hussein I of Jordan.

Gardiner lived in Amman at Princess Muna’s house since his wife’s death. Col. Gardiner will be buried on Thursday next to his wife in a Jordan Valley farm owned by his daughter.

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2. KLAUS R. HILBERT VON HAGEN, Burgraf von Pomerania says:

   December 29, 2010 at 12:34 pm

   Condolences to the Royal Family of Jordan on the passing of Colonel Walter Percy Gardener. May he rest in Peace, Klaus von Hagen.