The wedding was a landmark occasion, where for the first time in almost 30 years, a future King of Jordan’s Royal Hashemite Court was married in a lavish ceremony. The Jordanian royal family, known as the Hashemites, have ruled Jordan since 1921, with King Abdullah II being a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad. The last time a Hashemite wedding of this scale took place was in 1993 when Abdullah II, then just a prince, married the Kuwaiti born, of Palestinian parentage, Rania Al-Yassin.
Manav Gangwani delivered an especially curated attire for the Queen of Bhutan that resonated with the regality of the momentous occasion. The couturier’s special relationship to “The Royal Majesties of The Kingdom of Bhutan”, His Majesty The Druk Gyalpo, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen Jetsun Pema
Wangchuck is well known to all, which conferred upon him the honor of designing for the youngest queen of the world.
He especially curated a vesture that was keeping in tradition with the national Bhutanese attire, which consists of three separate pieces: the skirt, or kira, the blouse, or wonju, and the jacket, or toego, all elaborately handcrafted with painstaking attention in their detailing connecting and representing the kingdom of Bhutan.
The peach-pink kira was a beauteous piece of design, embroidered with tiny blue poppy flowers, the national flower of Bhutan. The wonju was similarly hued as the embroidered kira, in Eri silk from the neighboring Indian state, Assam, being popular in Bhutan due to the Ahimsa practices used to obtain the silk which is mostly used by the monks of Bhutan and other Buddhist nations. The toego completed the ensemble all in the same colour, made with the finest Assamese muga silk, with traditional Bengali kantha embroidery – a further attention to detail since the embroidery work is the craft of the rural folk women in the Indian state touching the borders of Bhutan.
The Queen of Bhutan opted for a sleek row of diamonds in her hair, as opposed to a more traditional tiara adorned by the other Queens and Princesses. She combined it with the jeweled necklace from the Royal collection made of diamonds and Burmese rubies. Crown Prince Hussein is the eldest son and heir of King Abdullah II and Queen Rania. The ruling couple share three other children: Princess Iman (26) who is married to Jameel Alexander Thermiotis, a
Venezuelan venture capitalist of Greek descent, Princess Salma (22) and Prince Hashem (18), all of whom were in attendance at the wedding of their eldest brother.