Queen Rania of Jordan met the incoming first lady, Melania Trump, in Florida on Thursday during a visit to the US, the third meeting between the pair in recent years.
The queen posted a photo on social media of the two seated together at a table. The meeting took place in Palm Beach, with the two women discussing various issues of mutual interest including children’s welfare and improving education, according to the queen's official website. It was their third meeting to take place in the US, the statement added.
"It was a pleasure reconnecting with incoming US first lady Melania Trump in Florida yesterday," the queen wrote on her Instagram account on Friday. The two women previously appeared together in 2018 during a visit to the White House made by Queen Rania and her husband, Jordan's King Abdullah.
In 2017 they paid a visit together to Excel Academy - a school for girls in Washington. They joined a listening session with students and a seventh-grade art class.
The queen has said education and children are a top priority in the advocacy work she has pursued. She has launched the Queen Rania Foundation for Education and Development, the Queen Rania Teacher Academy and the Jordan River Foundation, which focuses on child safety and community empowerment.
She has amassed millions of followers on social media platforms including Twitter and Facebook, often posting messages related to her causes. The latest meeting between the queen and Ms Trump comes days before Melania's husband, president-elect Donald Trump, takes office in the US.
