On Twitter (6.3m followers), she describes herself as “a mum and a wife with a really cool day job”. That job is being queen and she looks the part with her fabulous designer clothes, long glossy hair and teeny waist. Her Instagram (3.1m followers) often resembles a fashion shoot, with occasional family shots such as the one of her sharing a heart-shaped Valentine’s Day cake with an adoring king. But among the photos are less glamorous snaps: pictures of her appearing amid wailing women in headscarves and grief-stricken children.
For Her Majesty Rania Al Abdullah lives in a kingdom surrounded by war. Jordan shares borders with Syria, Iraq and Israel/Palestine. Unlike some of its oil-rich neighbours, it is a poor country, but it is giving