King Hussein and the Journalist

[sommone]

Originally Posted by maryshawn

And, if she had read Roland Dallas' flattering bio of KH, he said very clearly even his beloved Alia "suffered from the King's fondness for British nannies....." Good thing Viagra wasn't introduced earlier in his life......

LOL...yeah good thing.

[sommone]

I take back this comment.

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[Banadoora]

maryshawn, I thought that I'd heard all about the supposed "affair". I'd very much like to know where you got all of this information from.

[shelley]

Originally Posted by maryshawn

One thump on the head with one of her totes would make an impression to stay away from the King.

But I don't think that Q. Rania has that much to be worried about. Apart from the usual drawing power of money and position, the son has neither the reputation nor the charisma of the father, or am I wrong ?

[tipper]

Originally Posted by shelley

That is the general impression amongst those that were close to the royal couple but your timing is wrong. The journalist affair was before he fell ill for the first time.

Actually, he fell in love, Noor fled to UK, she was very hurt, she was the one who thought about a divorce, ppl in Jordan talked about it and sided wiith QN, a taxist even said- The King is far too old to get divorced again- from G. Brooks' book- Nine parts of desire- and soon after KH fell ill, that was in '92, of course, Noor soon got back home to stay with him- I think the woman's name was Rana- QN says something about her own stay in UK at the time, in her bio.

[tipper]

Originally Posted by shelley

Maybe he knew more than anyone else how much of her public image was 'spin' and how much time she was actually out of the country, which she was. Maybe because their relationship was not what it was, but whatever the reason. Lots of maybes but one given was that he just was not monogamous......before, during or after any marriage. :(

I heard KH saw a gipsy dancing in a club in Egypt, during the 80s and he tried to buy her, I mean she offered her money in order to, well, u can imagine the rest, , that's what I heard, hope it's not true.
Anyway, he met the other woman in '92, not in '91.

[Jackswife]

I personally can't see Rania tolerating any shenanigans on KA's part, as all of Hussein's wives had to contend with. Maybe KA is just super, super discreet, but he seems to be pretty faithful to QR. I'm not saying Hussein did not genuinely love his wives, but his feelings for them did not prevent him from indulging in other affairs from time to time. I think some men just are not monogamous, and he was one of them. It doesn't affect my admiration for him or for what he accomplished for Jordan during his reign, but it's still a part of his life. He probably realized he had hurt Noor very, very deeply, and was also afraid of losing her at that stage of his life. Again, I'm only guessing here.

[maryshawn]

Roland Dallas, a very credible journalist and fan of Hussein, wrote about it in "King Hussein." The video "Queen Noor: Between 2 Realms" has several credible friends and journalists talking about it. Lesley Bennets wrote about it in her profile of Noor in Vanity Fair after KH's death and QN mentions the difficulties--do we fire her and give credence? what do we do?--in her book. There was also an official news release released by the Jordanian embassy in the US and the palace in Jordan regarding it--tho' I've not seen it, QN mentions this was done and so does Mr. Dallas.

Originally Posted by Banadoora

maryshawn, I thought that I'd heard all about the supposed "affair". I'd very much like to know where you got all of this information from.

[maryshawn]

It had to have hurt deeply. Here is this beautiful 41 year old woman who has just done so much on behalf of Jordan in terms of stating its position to the world and helping restart US-Jordan relations with a reconciliation and then she gets the news he's met the mother, considering divorce to marry a 20-something....and she said in her book "given the strained relationship (he was depressed and not very communicative) she gave it some real consideration as what he wanted."

[sommone]

Poor Noor. I couldn't imagine what that must have been like for her to have to go through that, but she stuck by him to the end...So, did he have affairs while married to the other three?

[Banadoora]

Originally Posted by maryshawn

Roland Dallas, a very credible journalist and fan of Hussein, wrote about it in "King Hussein." The video "Queen Noor: Between 2 Realms" has several credible friends and journalists talking about it. Lesley Bennets wrote about it in her profile of Noor in Vanity Fair after KH's death and QN mentions the difficulties--do we fire her and give credence? what do we do?--in her book. There was also an official news release released by the Jordanian embassy in the US and the palace in Jordan regarding it--tho' I've not seen it, QN mentions this was done and so does Mr. Dallas.

So what do we make of Queen Noor's officially denying the affair in her book?

[bubbles]

Originally Posted by Banadoora

So what do we make of Queen Noor's officially denying the affair in her book?

its obvious that QN was very hurt by what happened to her. she probably was also ashamed which is why she denied it. this whole issue about his affair is very personal matter and she probably didn't want to discuss it.....which is why she denied it.

[maryshawn]

Well, he didn't like his first wife (arranged marriage) so he probably did.

I think he and Princess Muna were in love but then they lived separate lives--she had her circle and he had so many things to worry about in the country so that likely led to at least one affair of the heart--Queen Alia, who he married the day after his divorce...... But Roland Dallas' book is quite clear even Alia suffered "because of the King's predilection for British nannies."

I think QN should've listened to her first instinct which was "I didn't want to be anyone's 4th wife."

[shelley]

Originally Posted by maryshawn

Well, he didn't like his first wife (arranged marriage) so he probably did.

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Except, from what I have heard it was not arranged. K. Hussein met this very beautiful older distant cousin and fell for her, hook, line and sinker. She was the one who was reluctant to marry a man so much younger than her but eventually came round to it. But I think she proved to be too sophisticated and well educated and mature at 26 for a rather callow young man of eighteen. I guess that should have been fairly predicatable.

[maryshawn]

Interesting; I'd read it was arranged but you are right in that she had her concerns as she WAS very sophisticated, intelligent, and mature. I still think one of KH's lowest acts was divorcing her while she was out of the country on a visit and then forbidding her to see her daughter till Princess Muna came on the scene and forced him to re-think it. Just seems cruel.

[maryshawn]

From what's been written, KA WAS quite the ladies' man pre-Rania. One of the reasons KH "hurried" the marriage a bit by personally driving his son over to Rania's parents' home to propose......So, perhaps he's tolerant and faithful or perhaps he's not. I think concerns about him straying may be a contributing factor to Rania staying so thin and cultivating such a glamourous image. Just thinking aloud.

Originally Posted by Jackswife

I personally can't see Rania tolerating any shenanigans on KA's part, as all of Hussein's wives had to contend with. Maybe KA is just super, super discreet, but he seems to be pretty faithful to QR. I'm not saying Hussein did not genuinely love his wives, but his feelings for them did not prevent him from indulging in other affairs from time to time. I think some men just are not monogamous, and he was one of them. It doesn't affect my admiration for him or for what he accomplished for Jordan during his reign, but it's still a part of his life. He probably realized he had hurt Noor very, very deeply, and was also afraid of losing her at that stage of his life. Again, I'm only guessing here.

[MoonlightRhapsody]

I don't mean this to be disrespectful of the dead or to anyone here, but I can't say I was surprised when I heard about this article. Given the man's past, you could tell what the future pattern was going to be. He was a serial marrier and adulterer. He was married, what, four times? Each marriage not so long after the one before, even after becoming a widower after Alia died, who was supposed to be the love of his life yet he married Noor not so long after that...

[cut1me]

there was also a rumor in London about KA, apparently many people saw him in a club with several women.

i guess men in that position like the ego of knowing these can have any women they want

[kinneret5764]

Originally Posted by cut1me

there was also a rumor in London about KA, apparently many people saw him in a club with several women.

i guess men in that position like the ego of knowing these can have any women they want

KA was a womaniser before he met and married Rania. I'm not surprised by this latest news.