For hours, the Amman radio had readied the nation for "an announcement of happy and private news." But when Jordan's King Hussein took the microphone, his tone was suppliant and defensive. "I have all my life, my brethren, hidden my worries, my problems and cares from you," he said, "wearing a smile on my face which never knew its way into my heart." The truth was far different. "I know loneliness eating my days and nights. I feel my spirit tearing and burning in a fire of gloomy loneliness and pitiful isolation. I needed affection." Then the 25-year-old King announced...
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