Opening of Parliament - 2003

[Alexandria]

AMMAN, JORDAN - DECEMBER 1: Jordan's King Abdullah II reviews the honour guard as he attends the official opening of parliament December 1, 2003 in Amman, Jordan. King Abdullah met separately with Palestinian Prime Minister Qorei and U.S. Envoy William Burns over the weekend. King Abdullah stated in his meetings that the separation wall currently being built by the Israelis and continued Israeli settlements in Palestinian areas may endanger possible peace plans in the future. (Photo by Salah Malkawi/Getty Images)

[Alexandria]

AMMAN, JORDAN - DECEMBER 1: Jordan's King Abdullah II reviews the honour guard as he attends the official opening of parliament December 1, 2003 in Amman, Jordan. King Abdullah met separately with Palestinian Prime Minister Qorei and U.S. Envoy William Burns over the weekend. King Abdullah stated in his meetings that the separation wall currently being built by the Israelis and continued Israeli settlements in Palestinian areas may endanger possible peace plans in the future.

[Alexandria]

AMMAN, JORDAN - DECEMBER 1: Jordan's King Abdullah II (L) reviews the honour guard as he attends the official opening of parliament December 1, 2003 in Amman, Jordan. King Abdullah met separately with Palestinian Prime Minister Qorei and U.S. Envoy William Burns over the weekend. King Abdullah stated in his meetings that the separation wall currently being built by the Israelis and continued Israeli settlements in Palestinian areas may endanger possible peace plans in the future.

[Alexandria]

AMMAN, JORDAN - DECEMBER 1: Jordan's King Abdullah II attends the official opening of parliament December 1, 2003 in Amman, Jordan. King Abdullah met separately with Palestinian Prime Minister Qorei and U.S. Envoy William Burns over the weekend. King Abdullah stated in his meetings that the separation wall currently being built by the Israelis and continued Israeli settlements in Palestinian areas may endanger possible peace plans in the future.

[Alexandria]

AMMAN, JORDAN - DECEMBER 1: Jordan's Queen Rania attends the official opening of parliament December 1, 2003 in Amman, Jordan. King Abdullah II met separately with Palestinian Prime Minister Qorei and U.S. Envoy William Burns over the weekend. King Abdullah stated in his meetings that the separation wall currently being built by the Israelis and continued Israeli settlements in Palestinian areas may endanger possible peace plans in the future.

[Alexandria]

AMMAN, JORDAN - DECEMBER 1: Princess Mona ®, the mother of Jordan's King Abdullah and his sister, Princess Aysha (L), attend the official opening of parliament December 1, 2003 in Amman, Jordan. King Abdullah II met separately with Palestinian Prime Minister Qorei and U.S. Envoy William Burns over the weekend. King Abdullah stated in his meetings that the separation wall currently being built by the Israelis and continued Israeli settlements in Palestinian areas may endanger possible peace plans in the future.

[Julia]

Great photos, Alexandria!

Does anyone know what role Princess Mona plays nowadays? Does she live in Jordan?

[Sean.~]

Originally posted by Julia@Dec 2nd, 2003 - 1:16 am
Great photos, Alexandria!

Does anyone know what role Princess Mona plays nowadays? Does she live in Jordan?

Princess Muna seems to have more and more of an 'official role' as the King's mother. For instance, she represented the King in Rome recently. She also represented him at the funeral of Britain's Queen Mother in 2001.

She has lived in Jordan since her marriage to Hussein.

S

[Julia]

Many thanks, Sean. She must have lead a very interesting life while King Hussein was alive and seems to continue to!

[Alexandria]

www.hellomagazine.com

Queen Rania Joins King Abdullah at the Opening of Parliament

2 DECEMBER 2003
Jordan's King Abdullah was warmly embraced by his wife Queen Rania after making his "Speech From The Throne" to open Parliament on Monday.

Dressed in a blue satin ensemble, Rania looked on as her husband made his opening address in which he called for the promotion "tolerance, freedom of thought, creativity and excellence" in the country.

"Our vision of the Jordan that will emerge in the future is based on a solid foundation, whose substance is that Jordan is a modern, democratic country," said the king. He went on to advise parliament to act "with absolute conviction in order to promote Jordan as a civilized model for tolerance, freedom of thought, creativity and excellence."

The 41-year-old king, whose high-profile spouse is a well-known champion of human rights, also called for laws aimed at equality for women. "Women should be provided with all the necessary capabilities and due rights in order to ensure their full participation in political, economic and social life," he declared.

[Alexandria]

www.hellomagazine.com - After delivering the speech, in which he championed Jordan's female population, he was embraced by one of the country's leading women's rights campaigners, his wife Rania.

[tipper]

Originally Posted by Sean.~

Princess Muna seems to have more and more of an 'official role' as the King's mother. For instance, she represented the King in Rome recently. She also represented him at the funeral of Britain's Queen Mother in 2001.

She has lived in Jordan since her marriage to Hussein.

S

sorry, if u mean Muna represented her son in Rome, last October, that's not true, KA himself came to rome just for 1 day, where he met The President, he then flew to Paris-

[Veram98]

Originally Posted by tipper

sorry, if u mean Muna represented her son in Rome, last October, that's not true, KA himself came to rome just for 1 day, where he met The President, he then flew to Paris-

She was in Rome representing Jordan at the pope’s jubilee. I saw her in TV sitting next to Queen Fabiola of Belgium, Bernadette Chirac and some Spanish royals.