Prince El Hassan bin Talal is a member of the Jordanian royal family who was previously Crown Prince from 1965 to 1999, being removed just three weeks before King Hussein's death. He is now 20th in line to succeed his nephew King Abdullah II.
Prince El Hassan bin Talal in Berlin (2006)
Prince El Hassan bin Talal with Irina Bokova during his visit to UNESCO Headquarters in Paris (2011).
Prince El Hassan bin Talal with Secretary John Kerry (2013).
Prince El Hassan bin Talal during a press conference in Copenhagen (2006).
Hussein bin Talal was King of Jordan from 11 August 1952 until his death in 1999. As a member of the Hashemite dynasty, the royal family of Jordan since 1921, Hussein was a 40th-generation direct descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
King Hussein in 1997
Hussein (age six) and his mother, Zein al-Sharaf, 1941
Hussein (age eleven) seen behind his grandfather King Abdullah I after the independence of Jordan was declared, 25 May 1946.
King Hussein in royal ceremonial dress, 1953