Princess Iman’s Twin Girls Leave Jordan Waiting for a Grandson

Princess Iman of Jordan and Jameel Alexander Thermiotis welcomed twin daughters, Talia and Rania, on August 14, 2026. The Royal Hashemite Court posted the news the same day. A July pregnancy note had spoken of one baby and a big-sister turn for Amina, their first child.

The girls are the third and fourth grandchildren of King Abdullah II and Queen Rania, all of them granddaughters. None of the four enters Jordan’s line of succession, which still runs through sons, so the next male birth in this generation sits with Crown Prince Hussein and Princess Rajwa.

Twin Girls Arrived Without a Twin Warning

The court’s English notice said Her Royal Highness Princess Iman bint Abdullah II and Mr. Jameel Alexander Thermiotis were blessed with twin baby girls on 14 August 2026. It sent congratulations to the parents and to Their Majesties, and it stopped there. No hospital, no hour, no names.

The Royal Hashemite Court is pleased to announce that Her Royal Highness Princess Iman bint Abdullah II and Mr. Jameel Alexander Thermiotis were blessed, on 14 August 2026, with twin baby girls.

Royal Hashemite Court, 14 August 2026

The Arabic version fixed the date as the first of Rabi al-Awwal 1448. Hours later the parents put names to the notice. “Praise be to Allah, the bestower of the most beautiful gifts,” Iman and Jameel wrote. “The most merciful has honoured us with the arrival of our precious twin daughters: Talia and Rania. We ask Allah to bless and protect them, and to fill their lives with light, blessings, and happiness.”

Rania is the queen’s name. Crown Prince Hussein, Iman’s elder brother, marked the day on Instagram with a short line of thanks, rendered in English as “Thank God for the complete grace and great favour, beautiful blessing and faith.”

Talia and Rania Join Amina and Princess Iman

On July 9, Queen Rania had posted a garden photograph of Iman with a clear bump, Jameel holding Amina as the toddler reached for her mother. “A new joy on the way,” she wrote, then, in English, “The grandchildren club is growing, and we couldn’t be happier for Iman, Jameel and soon-to-be big sister Amina!” The caption spoke of a second child. It did not say two.

Amina was born on February 16, 2025. The twins made her the eldest of three sisters and made Iman, then 29, a mother of three. On August 17 the queen shared the first portraits, writing, “Healthy, happy, and finally here. We’ve been waiting so long to meet you, Talia and Rania. Congratulations Iman, Jameel, and sweet big sister Amina.”

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One frame shows the queen holding both newborns. Another puts the king and queen with Amina, seen from behind, looking down at the bassinettes. Iman appears in a University of Southern California sweatshirt, the school her sister Princess Salma attended, smiling with one of the girls in her arms. The court still did not say where the twins were born.

Article 28 Still Names Only Sons

King Abdullah and Queen Rania now have four granddaughters and zero grandsons. The first arrived on August 3, 2024, when Hussein and Rajwa were blessed with a baby girl they named Iman, after her aunt. Palace galleries styled that child Her Royal Highness Princess Iman bint Al Hussein. Iman’s three daughters were announced as baby girls and then by given names only.

KING ABDULLAH’S FOUR GRANDDAUGHTERS

The gap is the law, not a slight. Jordan’s constitution says the throne is hereditary through his male heirs in the dynasty of King Abdullah ibn Al-Hussein. Article 28 sends the crown from the king to his eldest son, then to that son’s eldest son. Daughters do not inherit, and they do not pass a claim to their children. Iman is the king’s eldest daughter and his second child. She was never in line. Her daughters are not either.

Hussein’s daughter is a princess and still not an heir. That is the same rule applied one household over. From the first granddaughter on August 3, 2024, to Talia and Rania on August 14, 2026, is two years and 11 days of granddaughters and no change in who can wear the crown.

What Changes for Hussein and Rajwa?

The succession did not move. The family picture did. Three of the four granddaughters belong to Iman, who lives largely off the ceremonial calendar. The only grandchild who is also the child of the heir is Princess Iman bint Al Hussein. Until Hussein has a son, the spare after him remains his younger brother, Prince Hashem, the king’s youngest child.

WHERE THE LINE STANDS

• The heir: Crown Prince Hussein, eldest son of King Abdullah II, named in that role since 2004 and confirmed by decree in 2009.
• The spare, for now: Prince Hashem, the king’s only other son, who stays second while Hussein’s children are daughters.
• The photographed generation: Four granddaughters, three of them untitled, none of them in the order of succession.
• The open seat: A son of Hussein would become the grandson the line is built to count, and would stand ahead of Hashem.

That is a narrow funnel, not a vacant throne. Hussein is married, already a father, and still a young crown prince. Rajwa has been beside him on public trips, including a late-September stop in New York around the United Nations meeting, with their daughter in the family photographs. No second pregnancy has been announced for that household. The twins do not create a crisis. They do leave the next male name, if it comes, in one marriage.

Three Daughters Since the 2023 Wedding

Iman was born in Amman on September 27, 1996, the first daughter of Abdullah and Rania. She finished school at the International Academy Amman, studied international affairs at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, then moved to New York and took a degree at Parsons School of Design. Jameel, 32, was born in Caracas to a Greek family and trained in business. They married on March 12, 2023, at Beit Al Urdun Palace, the king’s private home, in a short family ceremony.

She was the first of the four royal siblings to marry. Amina arrived less than two years later. Talia and Rania arrived the year after that. By the time Iman turned 30 on September 27, 2026, Queen Rania could write, “Happy birthday, my dearest Iman. Mom to three beautiful little girls, but forever my precious little girl.” The king posted his own wish to Her Royal Highness Princess Iman bint Abdullah II through the royal family’s account.

FROM WEDDING TO TWINS

1. March 12, 2023: Iman marries Jameel Alexander Thermiotis at Beit Al Urdun Palace in Amman.
2. August 3, 2024: Hussein and Rajwa welcome Princess Iman, the king’s first grandchild.
3. February 16, 2025: Iman and Jameel welcome Amina, their first daughter.
4. July 9, 2026: Queen Rania posts the pregnancy photograph and calls Amina a soon-to-be big sister.
5. August 14, 2026: The court announces twin baby girls; the parents name them Talia and Rania.
6. August 17, 2026: The queen shares the first portraits of the newborns with the king and with Amina.
7. September 27, 2026: Iman turns 30 as a mother of three.

The household has kept a low public profile between those dates. The twins did not come with a title or a place in the order. They did make Iman’s branch the busiest young family in the king’s immediate circle, and they did it without a public twin warning.

Iman Was Back at Ras El Ain in 46 Days

On September 29, Queen Rania’s office said she had launched the fourth edition of Amman Design Week at the Ras El Ain Hangar, with Princess Iman and other members of the royal family on the tour. The week, founded by the queen in 2016, was set to run from October 2 through October 17. That outing was Iman’s first official appearance after the births, 46 days later.

The louder follow-up was not a debate about sons. It was Iman back on an official walk-through in a tie blazer, beside her mother, while Talia and Rania were still newborns at home. The court had given the country two more Hashemite granddaughters and left the male line where it was. Hussein and Rajwa still hold the birth that would add a grandson. Hashem still stands behind his brother. Iman, at 30, has three daughters and a public diary that has already started again.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who Is Next in Line After Crown Prince Hussein?

Prince Hashem, King Abdullah’s younger son and Hussein’s only brother among the four royal siblings, remains second while Hussein’s children are daughters. A son born to Hussein and Rajwa would stand ahead of Hashem as the king’s grandson in the male line. Iman’s three daughters, and Hussein’s daughter Princess Iman, do not enter that order at all.

Can King Abdullah Choose a Different Heir?

Article 28, as amended in Official Gazette No. 1831 of April 1, 1965, lets the king select one of his brothers as heir apparent, in which case the title passes to that brother. The same article allows a royal decree, countersigned by the prime minister and four ministers, to exclude a person from succession for unsuitability without automatically excluding that person’s descendants. Those powers sit with the king. They were not used around the twins’ birth.

What Happens If the Male Line Runs Out?

Article 28(d) says that if the last king dies without an heir under the male-line rules, the National Assembly selects a new king from among the descendants of Hussein bin Ali, King of Hejaz and founder of the Arab Revolt. That clause is a last resort written into the constitution. It is not triggered by a generation of granddaughters, because the present line still has Hussein and then Hashem.

Where Did Princess Iman Study Before She Married?

She completed secondary school at the International Academy Amman in 2014, enrolled at Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service in Washington, then transferred to Parsons School of Design in New York, where she took a degree in strategic design and management. That New York stretch is also where her path crossed with Jameel’s before their 2023 wedding in Amman.