AS PROUD QUEEN RANIA EXPRESSES HER JOY PRINCESS IMAN AND JAMEEL THERMIOTIS JORDAN CELEBRATES AS THE COUPLE MARRY AT THE PALACE IN AMMAN
REPORT: SALLY MORGAN
FULL ROYAL WEDDING ALBUM
T aking the form of an intimate spring ceremony, steeped in tradition, elegance and emotion, it was the first royal wedding of the year.
On 12 March, shortly before the sun was due to set behind the Jordanian royal family’s private residence – the magnificent Beit Al Urdun Palace in Amman – King Abdullah II and Queen Rania’s eldest daughter, Princess Iman, married Venezuelan financier Jameel Thermiotis.
The bride looked breathtaking in a bespoke Dior wedding gown that featured exquisite lace detail across the fitted bodice, sleeves and high neckline, and was paired with a sweeping train and tulle veil embroidered with flowers.
Carrying a bouquet of scented white freesias, Iman beamed with happiness as her older brother Crown Prince Al Hussein, 28, wearing a traditional red-and-white chequered keffiyeh, escorted her up a garden aisle lined with trees bursting with white cherry blossom.
The 26-year-old Princess’s crowning glory was her dazzling diamond tiara, and as she glided past tall green cypress trees, the diadem’s intricate fringe and feather design sparkled in the early evening sunlight.
Iman’s mother Queen Rania, 52, was also a picture of elegance in a pleated champagne gown from Dior’s autumn/winter 2022-23 couture collection, which she teamed with a maxi ring in yellow gold and a diamond bracelet from Fabio Salini Jewelry.
Later, she shared a touching post on Instagram, in which she wrote: “Iman, I pray this next chapter in your life brings you as much joy, love, and laughter as you have brought us over the years. Congratulations to the bride and groom!”
EMINENT GUESTS
The ceremony was watched by 100 guests, including Iman’s proud parents Abdullah and Rania, younger siblings Princess Salma, 22, and Prince Hashem, 18, her grandmother Princess Muna Al Hussein, the British-born mother of Abdullah who was married to his father King Hussein until their divorce in 1972, and eminent members of the Jordanian royal family such as Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad and his Spanish-born wife Princess Miriam.
Iman was closely followed by two young relatives – the granddaughters of Abdullah’s brother Prince Faisal bin Al Hussein – who served as her bridesmaids, and the Princess was all smiles as she entered the ceremonial glass garden room, which featured floral decorations to mirror the blossoms on the trees outside, to meet her father the King.
Kissing her on both cheeks, Abdullah took her
