{"id":2302845,"date":"2026-02-27T10:42:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T10:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2302845"},"modified":"2026-02-27T10:42:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T10:42:49","slug":"harry-and-meghan-snubbed-by-royal-family-during-middle-east-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/harry-and-meghan-snubbed-by-royal-family-during-middle-east-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry and Meghan &#8216;snubbed&#8217; by Royal Family during Middle East visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_dde38e\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">Harry and Meghan&#8217;s Middle East visit drew attention this week after it emerged the couple had no official meeting planned with Jordan&#8217;s royal family despite the close ties between King Abdullah II and the British monarchy<\/h2>\n<div class=\"Byline_byline-container__K_Owl\" data-testid=\"byline\"><span class=\"Byline_byline-content-wrapper__Imque\" data-testid=\"byline-content\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"Byline_author-badge-date-wrapper__Q7jj1\">\n<div class=\"Byline_author-and-badge-wrapper__2dsv1\">\n<div class=\"Authors_authors-container__wVWas\" data-testid=\"byline-author\" data-tmdatatrack=\"author\" style=\"--authors-by:&quot;By&quot;\"><span><span><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"AuthorLink_author-link__rg5qj\" data-tmdatatrack=\"author\" data-testid=\"byline-author\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/authors\/georgia-burns\/\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Georgia Burns<\/strong><\/a><\/span> Trainee Trends, Showbiz and Lifestyle Writer<\/span><span> and <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35 __className_dde38e\">Elizabeta Ranxburgaj<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"\" data-testid=\"byline-publishedDate\">10:23, 27 Feb 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<p><button class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"36788817\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Harry and Meghan were invited to Jordan by the director-general of the World Health Organization\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Harry and Meghan were invited to Jordan by the director-general of the World Health Organization<cite aria-label=\"Image: PA\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: PA)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Duke and Duchess of SussexLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/entertainment\/celebrity\/meghan-markle-prince-harry-embark-36777492\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Duke and Duchess of Sussex<\/a> appeared to have been &#8216;snubbed&#8217; by Jordan&#8217;s royal family during their visit to the Middle East. Prince Harry and Meghan arrived in Amman, the capital of Jordan, on Tuesday evening, making the trip at the invitation of World Health Organization\u2019s (WHO) director general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Soon after touching down, the couple began a series of engagements reminiscent of a traditional royal tour, visiting <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"charitiesLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/charity\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">charities<\/a> and community groups. Their two-day visit focused on understanding the humanitarian initiatives supporting displaced Syrians and <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"PalestiniansLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/news\/scottish-news\/gaza-student-raises-7k-take-36750354\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Palestinians<\/a> who have sought refuge in Jordan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">However, despite the couple travelling over 7,500 miles from California to the <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Middle EastLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/middle-east\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Middle East<\/a>, Harry and Meghan were not believed to have held any meetings with Jordan\u2019s monarchs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Get more Daily Record exclusives by signing up for free to Google\u2019s preferred sources. Click <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"HERELink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=dailyrecord.co.uk\" rel=\"nofollow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The king of Jordan, Abdullah II, maintains close ties with the <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"British Royal FamilyLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/entertainment\/former-royal-butler-calls-king-36783394\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">British Royal Family<\/a>, particularly with King Charles. The Jordanian ruler was photographed alongside Charles during an official visit to London in 2025, the <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"MirrorLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/royals\/harry-meghan-snubbed-two-major-36788554\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Mirror<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Abdullah II and his wife, Queen Rania, were also among the distinguished guests at King Charles III&#8217;s coronation in May 2023. Queen Rania has also met Queen Camilla on a number of occasions, with the pair discussing initiatives focused on women&#8217;s issues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">According to the <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-15594931\/Harry-Meghan-snubbed-Jordan-royal-family-King-Abdullah-eldest-son-close-relationship-Charles-William-swerve-meeting-Sussexes.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Daily Mail<\/a>, a source claimed that Jordan&#8217;s King and Queen did not meet Prince Harry and Meghan Markle during their visit to the Middle Eastern nation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The source reportedly said: &#8220;There is no meeting scheduled between the Duke and Duchess [of Sussex] and the Jordanian Royal Family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-36789962\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"36789962\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.52\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Duke and Duchess of Sussex visit the World Central Kitchen Food\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailyrecord.co.uk\/article36789962.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/2_Duke-and-Duchess-of-Sussex-visit-to-Jordan.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailyrecord.co.uk\/article36789962.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/2_Duke-and-Duchess-of-Sussex-visit-to-Jordan.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.dailyrecord.co.uk\/article36789962.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/2_Duke-and-Duchess-of-Sussex-visit-to-Jordan.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.dailyrecord.co.uk\/article36789962.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/2_Duke-and-Duchess-of-Sussex-visit-to-Jordan.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Harry and Meghan were invited to Jordan by the director-general of the World Health Organization\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Harry and Meghan were invited to Jordan by the director-general of the World Health Organization<cite aria-label=\"Image: Aaron Chown\/PA Wire\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Aaron Chown\/PA Wire)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The only member of the Jordan royals said to have met the Duke and Duchess was Princess Basma bint Talal, an aunt of Abdullah II, along with her daughter Farah Daghistani. The brief meeting reportedly took place on Thursday (February 26) at the Jordanian Hashemite Fund for Human Development, a charitable organisation dedicated to supporting disadvantaged communities across the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Instead, Abdullah II spent his time this week hosting the Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto in Amman on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">During their trip Harry and Meghan also visited the National Centre for Rehabilitation of Addicts, where they met with patients and heard about the support services offered at the facility.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Prince Harry encouraged a group of former addicts to return to their communities and support others facing similar struggles, telling them: &#8220;There&#8217;s no shame in having an addiction.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The California-based couple were seen listening as a group of men opened up about the emotional impact of substance abuse and the care they had received at the centre.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-36789954\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"36789954\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Meghan meeting a girl at an event in Amman\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailyrecord.co.uk\/article36789954.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/2_Duke-and-Duchess-of-Sussex-visit-to-Jordan.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailyrecord.co.uk\/article36789954.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/2_Duke-and-Duchess-of-Sussex-visit-to-Jordan.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.dailyrecord.co.uk\/article36789954.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/2_Duke-and-Duchess-of-Sussex-visit-to-Jordan.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.dailyrecord.co.uk\/article36789954.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/2_Duke-and-Duchess-of-Sussex-visit-to-Jordan.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Meghan meeting a girl at an event in Amman\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Meghan meeting a girl at an event in Amman<cite aria-label=\"Image: PA\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: PA)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">After learning more about its holistic methods &#8211; including activities such as gym sessions and yoga classes &#8211; they described the approach as &#8220;incredible&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The Duke of Sussex said: &#8220;I want you guys to know there\u2019s no shame in having an addiction, it stems from something else which is an emotional pain \u2013 you\u2019re very, very brave to come here into hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Now what you need to do is use this experience and go back into your communities and help other people who are in a similar situation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The couple also visited the headquarters of the World Central Kitchen &#8211; which co-ordinates and deploys a million hot meals across Gaza every day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.dailyrecord.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harry and Meghan&#8217;s Middle East visit drew attention this week after it emerged the couple had no official meeting planned with Jordan&#8217;s royal family despite the close ties between King Abdullah II and the British monarchy Georgia Burns Trainee Trends, Showbiz and Lifestyle Writer and Elizabeta Ranxburgaj 10:23, 27 Feb 2026 Harry and Meghan were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2302846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[344775,183049,23067,359698,22730,22769],"class_list":["post-2302845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty","tag-google","tag-king-charles-iii","tag-meghan-markle","tag-middle-east","tag-prince-harry","tag-royal-family"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Harry-and-Meghan-snubbed-by-Royal-Family-during-Middle-East.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2302845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2302845"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2302845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2302847,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2302845\/revisions\/2302847"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2302846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2302845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2302845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2302845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}