Queen Rania of Jordan shares her wishes for ‘happiness, hope and good health’ as she releases new family portrait to mark the end of 2021
- Queen Rania of Jordan shared the heartwarming picture to her 6.5M followers
- The 51-year-old wife of King Abdullah II stands next to her four children
- Their end-of-year cards are made with a focus on Jordanian tapestry
Queen Rania has shared a heartwarming photo of the Jordanian Royal family to celebrate the end of 2021.
The 51-year-old wife of Jordan’s King Abdullah II, shared the image to her 6.5million Instagram followers.
It shows the mother-of-four looking elegant in a white dress as she proudly poses with her family – husband, King Abdullah II, and children, Crown Prince Hussein, 27, Prince Hashem, 16, Princess Iman, 25, and Princess Salma, 21.
Pictured in the centre with her husband, King Abdullah II, she stands with her four children, from left to right: Princess Iman, 25, Prince Hashem, 16, Princess Salma, 21, and Prince Al Hussein, 27
She captioned the photo: ‘May the threads of happiness, hope and good health weave together your New Year.’
The tapestry-themed caption refers to a video that Queen Rania also shared on her social media profile, which showed the process behind the making of her festive greeting cards this year.
The footage shows the Queen of Jordan working with artisans from across the middle-eastern nation to work embroidery into the cards.
She described the clip to her following: ‘Our greeting cards this year carry different embroidery patterns from our traditional thobes.
Queen Rania at a dinner banquet in November, held in honour of an official visit to Jordan by Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall
‘Individually, each presents a part of our diverse cultural heritage, but combined they create the rich and resilient tapestry that is Jordan
‘Over the past few months, we worked with a group of talented artisans from around Jordan who channeled their passion and patriotism into each piece of embroidery – grateful to each one of you!’
Jordanian thobes are embroidered traditional garments, an ankle length dress with long sleeves worn by both men and women.
The Duchess of Cornwall pictured with Queen Rania as they go into a dinner banquet to celebrate the British Royal tour of the Middle East
It’s believed the photograph was taken at their home, Al-Maquar, in Amman, Jordan.
The glamorous mother-of-four wore a long white dress with bell-sleeves and a blue and white striped waistband.
She accessorised the flowing number with a brown striped belt and simple eye make-up and flushed cheeks.
Prince Charles, left, pictured with King Abdullah II of Jordan, and his wife Queen Rania in November as part of the British Royal tour of the middle east
Her light-brown hair looked voluminous as ever in big bouncy waves, as she proudly stands next to her loved ones.
Last month she welcomed Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall to Jordan during their Royal tour of the Middle East.
The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall attended the Centenary Celebration of the founding of the Jordanian state at the Jordan Museum in Amman with Queen Rania and King Abdullah II.