How To Watch The Jordanian Royal Wedding Live
If your invite was lost in the mail, here’s how to tune in from the comforts of your home
How to watch the Jordanian royal wedding: Ahead of the festivities, Bazaar Arabia shares everything you need to know when it comes to watching the nuptials live.
With less than a few hours to go until the wedding of HRH Crown Prince AlHussein bin Abdullah II and Ms. Rajwa Alseif, excitement is at an all-time high throughout the region. After all, Jordan hasn’t hosted a royal wedding of this scale for nearly 30 years, the last one being the marriage of King Abdullah II of Jordan and Queen Rania back in 1993. Who will the Bride be wearing? What will the wedding procession look like? How grand will the festivities be? What will Queen Rania be wearing to the wedding?
As Jordanians prepare to celebrate alongside the royal family, fans abroad are keen to know if there’s a way they too can watch history in the making.
Ahead of the Jordanian Royal Wedding, Bazaar Arabia shares everything you need to know about live streaming the nuptials of HRH Crown Prince AlHussein bin Abdullah II and Ms. Rajwa Alseif, regardless of where you are in the world.
When will the Jordanian royal wedding start?
The wedding of Crown Prince AlHussein and Rajwa Alseif will be taking place on June 1st, 2023. The ceremony will take place at Zahran Palace in Amman, Jordan. Once it’s finished the royal family, wedding party and guests will move to Al Husseiniya Palace for a banquet dinner and further celebrations. According to multiple sources, the wedding will start at 16:00 (AST)/ 17:00 (GST).
Who will be attending the wedding of Crown Prince AlHussein and Rajwa Alseif?
Representatives from various royal families around the world are expected to attend. While the full guest list has not been confirmed publically, sources reported that King and Queen of Malaysia; the King and Queen of The Netherlands; King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofía of Spain; Prince Sébastien of Luxembourg; Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark; Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland; Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway; Hisako, Princess Takamado and her daughter, Princess Tsuguko of Takamado, of Japan have been invited.
How To Watch The Jordanian Royal Wedding Live
Roya TV will be providing live coverage of the wedding, which can be streamed via its web platform. The television company has created a special live stream channel that will broadcast content related to the wedding in the days leading up to the nuptials (see here). Fans who are looking to watch the wedding live can tune in for free via the web or the Roya TV app.
Update: Those who cannot access Roya TV can watch live coverage on AlMamlaka TV’s YouTube channel.
Who is Rajwa Alseif, Crown Prince AlHussein’s Soon To Be Bride?
Born on April 28, 1994, Rajwa Alseif is the youngest daughter of Saudi businessman Khalid bin Musaed bin Seif bin Abdulaziz Alseif and his wife, Azza bint Nayef Abdulaziz Ahmed al-Sudairi. She has four older siblings: Faisal, Nayef, and Dana. She is exactly two months older than Prince Hussein, who was born on June 28, 1994, and was raised in KSA.
After completing secondary school in Saudi Arabia, Rajwa studied in New York at the College of Architecture at Syracuse University. In addition to holding a B.A. in Architecture, she also holds a degree in Visual Communications from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles. She has reportedly worked at an architecture firm in Los Angeles.
Her engagement to Crown Prince AlHussein was announced last August, just a few weeks after Princess Iman’s engagement to Jameel Thermiótis was announced.
While Rajwa keeps a relatively low profile and doesn’t appear to have a public social media account, her love of equestrian sports is evident; the future Queen of Jordan has posed for photos with her beloved horses in recent portraits.
Lead image courtesy of Instagram/@alhusseinjo