Queen Rania of Jordan Sports Tiara in New 54th Birthday Portrait — Weeks After Becoming a Grandma!

Mar. 15, 2025

Queen Rania’s official birthday portrait as she turns 54 on Aug. 31, 2024.Photo:Royal Hashemite Court

Royal Hashemite Court

It has been a big year — and a big month! — forQueen Raniaof Jordan.

To mark her 54th birthday on Aug. 31, the Royal Hashemite Courtreleased a new portraitof the Queen. The photo shows the royal smiling as she looks off-camera while sporting a regal look: an evening dress complete with a purple sash, adorned with a crown brooch, and sparkling tiara.

Queen Rania now shares a birthday month with her newborn granddaughter. She became a grandmother for the first time when her sonCrown Prince Husseinand daughter-in-lawPrincess Rajwawelcomed their first child,Princess Iman, on Aug. 3.

“Iman, you’ve already got a hold of my heart,” the Queen of Jordan wrote onInstagramearlier this month. “Our family has never been happier!”

Queen Rania’s official birthday portrait to mark turning 54 on Aug. 31, 2024.Royal Hashemite Court

In addition to Princess Iman’s birth, it’s been a big year for Jordan’s royal family. King Abdullah celebrated his Silver Jubilee, marking 25 years on the throne, and recently gave his wife of 31 years a special honor: the Order of the Bejewelled Grand Cordon of Al Nahda, in appreciation of her service alongside him for a quarter century. The honor was given to the Queen “in recognition of her leading role in the advancement of Jordanian society and her efforts to support Jordanians in all fields,” according to the Royal Hashemite Court.

“Every time I enter a Jordanian village or home, its people ask me to convey to you their greetings and their appreciation for your efforts to develop our country and create a brighter, more hopeful future for our children,” the King, 62, wrote in a public letter addressed to his wife marking the occasion. “I see, in their eyes, love for the wife of their King and the mother of their Crown Prince.”

King Abdullah II and Queen Rania on International Women’s Day, where His Majesty bestowed Her Majesty with the Order of the Renaissance on the occasion of his Silver Jubilee.Royal Hashemite Court

Abdullah acceded to the throne at 37 years old in February 1999 upon the death of his father, King Hussein. Just days before he died, King Hussein chose Abdullah as his successor over Crown Prince Hamzah, his son with his fourth wife, Queen Noor,BBCreported.

Queen Rania with a group of youth from Al-Aman Fund for the Future of Orphans in Amman, Jordan on March 19, 2024.Royal Hashemite Court

To marktheir wedding anniversarythe very next day, June 10, Rania wrote a tribute on Instagram to her husband, whom she called “the best friend, partner, husband and role model anyone could ask for.”

He added of impending fatherhood that “Everything will change with the kids, for sure. I don’t know what to expect, but thank God we are excited and the family is excited too.”

After Princess Iman’s birth, proud grandmother Queen Raniaposted to Instagram, writing “So much cuteness in my arms.”

After her son Crown Prince Hussein, 30, married Princess Rajwa, also 30, in a June 1, 2023 royal wedding in Amman, Jordan (whereKate MiddletonandPrince Williamwere among the 1,700 in attendance!), Queen Rania toldTODAYin a 2023 appearancethe advice she’d given her daughter-in-lawon life in the public eye.

She added, “You know, you’re just going to have self-doubt, and there’s always going to be negativity — and it’s not about you, it’s from the person. They’re unhappy in their own lives. So don’t carry that unhappiness…it’ll shake your confidence.”

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In addition to Crown Prince Hussein, the King and Queen are also parents to their ownPrincess Iman, 27,Princess Salma, 23, andPrince Hashem, 19.

source: people.com