Friday, August 11, will mark the seventy-first anniversary of the proclamation of His Majesty King Hussein bin Talal, may his soul rest in peace, as King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. On this occasion, the Royal Hashemite Documentation Centre (RHDC) published the official letter proclaiming Al-Hussein as the constitutional monarch of the Kingdom, entitled “The Jordanian Throne”. The letter was sent by the Speaker of the Parliament to the Prime Minister back then, pertaining the end of His Majesty King Talal bin Abdullah term, based on paragraph (m) of Article 38 of the constitution. The letter includes proclaiming His Royal Highness, Crown Prince Al-Hussein, as a constitutional monarch of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The late King Hussein bin Talal assumed his constitutional powers, and ascended the throne on May 2, 1953, when he was seventeen years old.
Source: Jordan News Agency