Royal Relations

Meet Jordan's Harley-Riding Queen-to-Be

Her husband may be king, but Jordan's PRINCESS RANIA, 28, won't be playing the Queen for a while yet. She has to wait until the end of the official mourning period for ABDULLAH to name her Queen. Still, it's likely that Rania, a strikingly beautiful Palestinian, will capture the nation's hearts. Intelligent and family-oriented, Rania took child-psychology courses in school and was an honors student in business administration at the American University in Cairo. She had two children in their first three years of marriage but is hardly a submissive wife. She likes to hang out at Amman's first Internet cafe...

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