Queen Rania of Jordan has marked her 56th birthday in a striking new portrait released by the Royal Hashemite Court – just weeks after welcoming her twin granddaughters.
The Jordanian queen looked effortlessly chic as she posed in blue jeans and white top, which she combined with stylish earrings and a fitness watch on her wrist.
In keeping with the casual look, Rania wore her hair up, while keeping her makeup suitably subtle.
Rania married King Abdullah II of Jordan, 64, on June 10, 1993, and the couple share four children: heir apparent Crown Prince Hussein32, Princess Imaan29, Princess Salma25 and Prince Hashem, 21.
Earlier this month, Rania’s daughter, Princess Iman, welcomed twin daughters with her New York-based financier husband, one of whom was lovingly named after Rania.
In addition to her new birthday portrait, Queen Rania also shared a sweet photo of her on Instagram surrounded by her four granddaughters: Princesses Amina, Iman, Talia and Rania.
The Jordanian royal family captioned the heartwarming photo: “Spending my birthday in the best way imaginable. I love you, my favorite little girls.”
The latest additions to Jordan’s royal family come after Princess Iman and her husband, Jameel Alexander Thermiotis, kept her pregnancy private for most of the year, with Queen Rania first sharing a photo of Iman with her baby bump in July.
Queen Rania of Jordan has marked her 56th birthday in a new portrait released by the Royal Hashemite Court – just weeks after she welcomed her twin granddaughters
Earlier this month, Rania’s daughter, Princess Iman, welcomed twin daughters with her New York-based finance husband. ‘Healthy, happy and finally here. We have waited so long to meet you, Talia and Rania,” King Abdullah II and his wife wrote in an Instagram post
“A new joy on the way,” she wrote. “The grandkids club is growing and we couldn’t be happier for Iman, Jameel and soon-to-be big sister Amina!”
Rania, a tribute to the queen, means “radiant” in Arabic, while Talia is “morning dew” or “gentle dew from heaven.”
It is the third and fourth grandchild of the king and queen in just over two years.
Announcing the news, the royal court said: “The Royal Hashemite Court is pleased to announce that Her Royal Highness Princess Iman bint Abdullah II and Mr. Jameel Alexander Thermiotis have been blessed with twin girls on August 14, 2026.”
It expressed its “sincere congratulations and best wishes to Princess Iman and Mr. Jameel, as well as to Their Majesties King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein and Queen Rania Al Abdullah on this happy occasion.”
Princess Iman is the eldest daughter of Queen Rania and King Abdullah of Jordan. Her husband Jameel was born in Caracas, Venezuela, to a Greek family. He currently works as a managing partner for a venture capital fund in the US, where the two reportedly first met.
Although Queen Rania is undeniably glamorous, with a luxurious lifestyle and millions of followers on social media, she started life with much more humble beginnings in Kuwait.
She was born on August 31, 1970 to Palestinian parents: her doctor father Faisal Sedki Al-Yassin, and mother Ilham Yassin.
The two royals looked the picture of happiness as they held their newest grandchildren in sweet family photos
Queen Rania was born on August 31, 1970 to Palestinian parents: her father, doctor Faisal Sedki Al-Yassin, and mother Ilham Yassin. In the photo: her birthday portrait from August 2025
Queen Rania was educated first at the New English School in Kuwait City and then at the American University in Cairo, where she graduated in 1991 with a business degree.
In her early professional career, Rania worked at Citibank, before later taking on a marketing role at Apple.
She met her husband at a dinner party in 1993 and the couple were engaged just two months later. They married five months after that first meeting.
Their glamorous wedding ceremony took place at the Zahran Palace in the Jordanian capital Amman, and the day was declared a national holiday.
While tradition dictates that a royal bride should wear jewelry from her own family at her wedding, Rania’s family did not have an impressive range of jewelry.
As such, she wore an embellished headband to her bridal veil, which was styled around her intricate updo, in lieu of a royal tiara.
When Rania tied the knot with Abdullah, she didn’t know she would become the queen of Jordan.
In fact, her husband’s uncle, Prince Hassan, had been next in line to the throne for decades.
But on his deathbed in 1999, King Hussein removed Hassan from the line of succession and replaced him with his own son.
