Death & Funeral of King Hussein

[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

[Jenna1186]

From the Jordan_RF Yahoo group.

Rex Features - Homepage

[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.

[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

(4 to 8) Stock Photography, Royalty-free Images, Film Footage and More.

[Humera]

Jan 19, 1999
Members of the Jordanian Royal family await the arrival of King Hussein and Queen Noor from the US

[Humera]

More pictures...

[salma]

King Abdullah visit King Hussein´s Tomb:

from Petra

[salma]

Memebers of the Royal Family pray in the King Hussein´s tomb, from Petra:

Prince Raad bin Zeid, Princess Majda Raad, Prince Talal bin Mohammed and Princess Ghida Talal.

And where´s Queen Noor?

[maryshawn]

Thank you for reminder it is the anniversary of KH's death. Time is flying by, isn't it? Likely, QN is mourning privately or not in Jordan as she has some upcoming commitments in next 2 days in US, giving talks.

Great photos too!!!! I haven't seen them before--or the majority of them at least. Thank you all for your contributions!