Jordan's Queen Rania shares touching tribute to daughter Princess Iman ahead of wedding

Princess Iman will wed fiance Jameel Thermiotis on March 12

Jordan's Princess Iman and Jameel Alexander Thermiotis are engaged. Photo: @RHCJO / Twitter

Jordan’s Queen Rania and Princess Iman. Reuters

King Abdullah II and Princess Iman. Reuters

Queen Rania and Princess Iman tried their hands at traditional crafts on a visit to Umm Qais in 2020. Photo: Instagram / Queen Rania

Newborn Princess Salma Bint Abdullah is held by her mother Queen Rania in September 2000, with her father King Abdullah, her brother Prince Hussein and her sister Princess Iman, aged 4, surrounding them. Getty Images

King Abdullah II of Jordan, second from right, and his wife Queen Rania of Jordan, third from left, stand next to Princess Iman, second from left, during an awards ceremony at the Al Hussein Sport City, in May 2008. Getty Images

Princess Iman, centre, looks on during the King Abdullah II award ceremony for physical fitness in 2008. Getty Images

Princess Iman performs during the King Abdullah Award for Fitness ceremony, in May 2009. Getty Images

Jordan's Crown Prince Hussein, second from right, Princess Iman, third from right, and Prince Faisal, fourth from right, attend the Global Forum on Youth Peace and Security at the King's Academy school in Madaba city, in August 2015. Reuters

Princess Iman, aged 12, with her horse Saqir, an Arabian filly, as they won second prize at the Middle East Championships horse show in Amman, in October 2008. Reuters

King Abdullah II, Queen Rania and Princess Iman arriving for the France premiere of 'Quantum of Solace' at the UGC Normandie Theater in Paris, in October 2008. Reuters

King Abdullah II is greeted by Princess Iman during the throne opening ceremony of the first ordinary session of the 17th parliament in November 2013, in Amman. Getty Images

Princess Iman and Queen Rania attend the Medef Summer 2015 University Conference in August 2015, in Jouy-en-Josas, France. Getty Images

Jordan’s Queen Rania has paid a sweet tribute to her daughter, Princess Iman, as it’s revealed she will marry her fiance Jameel Thermiotis on Sunday.

Feeling nostalgic ahead of the nuptials, Queen Rania shared a video montage of her daughter, showing snippets of her as a newborn, through childhood and into adulthood.

The sweet video begins with a young Queen Rania cradling Princess Iman in a hospital bed shortly after her birth in 1996.

“The first time I held my baby girl, I knew my life would never be the same,” Queen Rania captioned the post. “In a week, she will be a bride. My precious Iman, I am so happy for you and so proud of everything that you are.”

She also thanked Lebanese artist Elissa and composer Marwan Khoury, who provided the song used in the video.

“Thank you to the very talented @elissazkh and to the brilliant @imarwankhoury for this wonderful gift and for your amazing ability to capture sentiments so beautifully.”

Elissa also shared the video with her 19 million Instagram followers. “We’re proud of you our queen of hearts,” she wrote. “So happy to see you celebrating your daughter’s love and happiness and to also take part in it. We can’t wait to be sharing the much-awaited joyful moments with you all very soon.”

Princess Iman’s engagement to Jameel Alexander Thermiotis was announced in July. Thermiotis was born in Caracas, Venezuela, in 1994 and is of Greek descent. He holds a bachelor's degree in business administration and works in finance in New York.

Princess Iman is the first daughter and the second child of King Abdullah II and Queen Rania. She was born in Amman in 1996 and has two brothers, Crown Prince Hussein, 28, and Prince Hashem, 17, and one sister, Princess Salma, 21.

Her paternal grandfather was King Hussein and her grandmother is Princess Muna.

She went to Georgetown University in Washington, following in the footsteps of her brother Hussein.

The princess spends most of her time in Jordan, and regularly attends official events on behalf of the royal family, alongside her parents.

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