Marriage and Family
| Monarchical styles of Queen Rania of Jordan |
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|---|---|
| Reference style | Her Majesty |
| Spoken style | Your Majesty |
| Alternative style | Madame |
She met Jordanian King Abdullah bin Al-Hussein, who was a Prince at that time, at a dinner party in January 1993. Two months later, they announced their engagement. On 10 June 1993, they were married. The couple has four children:
- Crown Prince Hussein (born 28 June 1994)
- Princess Iman (born 27 September 1996)
- Princess Salma (born 26 September 2000)
- Prince Hashem (born 30 January 2005)
Her husband ascended on 7 February 1999, and proclaimed her Queen on 22 March 1999. Without proclamation she would have been a princess consort, like her mother-in-law, Princess Muna al-Hussein.
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