Jordan's King Abdullah, Prince Hamzah make first public appearance since royal rift
Jordan’s King Abdullah and his brother Prince Hamzah made their first joint appearance since a rift shook the country, attending a ceremony on Sunday marking 100 years of independence.
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State media showed the monarch and other members of the royal family laying wreaths at the memorial to the unknown soldier and tombs of royalty in the Raghdan palace in Amman.
Prince Hamzah pledged allegiance to King Abdullah late on Monday following mediation by the royal family, two days after the military warned him over actions that it said were undermining Jordan’s security and stability.
On Wednesday, King Abdullah said sedition had been quashed and Hamza was “under my care” with his family at his palace. But Hamza’s absence after he appeared in a video on April 3 saying he had been ordered to stay at home had led to speculation about his whereabouts.
In announcing last week that the military had warned Prince Hamzah over his actions, the government said that Hamzah had liaised with people linked to foreign parties seeking to destabilize Jordan and that he had been under investigation for some time.
Prince Hamzah had been widely expected to have succeeded Abdullah as Jordan’s next king, until the monarch made Prince Hussein his heir instead in 2004, in line with family tradition.
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