King Hussein's Funeral

[Alexandria]

Hi all.

I have a question about which royals attended King Hussein's funeral in Jordan. This is the list I can come up with from the photos I remember seeing at the time:

-King Juan Carlos, Prince Felipe, Jamie de Marichalar (husband of Infanta Elena) and Inaki Urdangarin (husband of Infanta Cristina) of Spain
-King Constantine, Prince Pavlos, Prince Nikolaos, Carlos Morales (husband of Princess Alexia, who was a goddaughter of King Hussein) of Greece
-Prince Charles

Can anyone else fill in the list?

And I recall seeing pictures of Queen Sofia greeting Queen Noor (the Spanish and Jordanian royals were quite close, I recall) but I thought that women are not permitted at funerals as is custom in Jordan? Was there a seperate service for the women to attend?

Thanks in advance for all your help.

[summrbrew2]

the people who attended the kings funeral were:
President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt
Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen
Sheikh Al Khalifeh of Baharian
President Omar Hassan Al Bashir of Sudan
Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat
President Hafez Al Assad of Syria
Vice President Taha Ma'rouf of Iraq
Arab League Secratery General Esmat Abdul Meguid
His Highness Aga Kahn
US Presidents Bill Clinton, George Bush, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter
Prime Minister Netanyahu of Isreal
President Ezer Wiseman and a senior delegation of Isreal
King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia of Spain
Prince Charels of England
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
King Albert and Queen Paola of Belguim
Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako of Japan
President Boris Yeltsin of Russia
Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder of Germany
Prime Minister Jacques Chirac of France
Prime Minister Tony Blair of England
President Thomas Klestil of Austria
President Mary McAleese of Ireland
Interior Minister Mangosuthu Buthelezi of South Africa
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and his wife Nane
President Vaclav Havel of Czech Republic
as well as other government officials and friends
Women are not allowed at the burial but Queen Noor broke the rules and was there with Princess Basma at her side.


[i]From Queen Noors book Leap of Faith: Memoirs of an Unexpected Life

[Alexandria]

Thank you summrbrew2 for this very extensive list!

... Have you read Queen Noor's book? Is it any good? I am very curious about it myself.

[summrbrew2]

yes I have read it. I thought it was a wonderful book. It was nice to see a differnt point of view on many matters dealing with the middle east.

[Julia]

Now, I am going to go out and get Queen Noor's book.

[Josefine]

Are there any pictures....

[salma]

1. Queen Noor and Princess Haya, Rayah and Iman leave the palace

4. King Hussein favourite horse.

5. king hussein sons

6. The princess

7. Queen Noor and princess Basma ( hussein´s sister) in the royal cementery.
They brooke the rules.

look at the pic of princess the one Salma posted, behind all the daughters is Rania, u cant see her clearly but she is next to Muna
What a huge difference to what she looks like now.

[syima]

Originally posted by Salma H@Nov 10th, 2003 - 5:11 pm
look at the pic of princess the one Salma posted, behind all the daughters is Rania, u cant see her clearly but she is next to Muna
What a huge difference to what she looks like now.

Hi there Salma H,

True, what you said: What a huge difference to what she looks like now.
It could be she was not wearing foundation.

Originally posted by syima@Nov 10th, 2003 - 7:14 pm

It could be she was not wearing foundation.

LOL its more than foundation, its the hair, and the eyebrows. Its everything about her. Its a complete transformation

[salma]

1. queen rania

2. Princess Basma

5. queen noor receives condolences

6. princess rania receives condolences

7. princess sarvath receives condolences

8. Queen Noor receives condolences

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[Josefine]

thank you for the guestlist