~*~Humera~*~ said:Alexandria's post reminded me of something I'd read a couple of weeks ago. All those speeches Queen Noor makes, she gets paid quite a bit of money for those. I've heard that former President Clinton gets $100, 000 per speech. Queen Noor gets at least a five-figure amount, I read $60, 000 somewhere. Thats not to say ofcourse that she needs the money.
When Prince Hamzah was still Crown Prince, I used to think that Queen Noor would never remarry unless she wanted to jeopardize her son's position. But now that Hamzah isnt CP, in many ways things would be a lot easier on Noor. She wont have to be so guarded about everything she does or says. Perhaps she could even think about the possibility of remarriage. But that would mean her losing her title of Queen. If that happens then her position within the royal family would be further diminished. So I guess things are still complicated. Though I wouldnt want her to spend all her life by herself. If she finds someone and loves him very much, I dont think she'd care much about the title. Although her kids would I think. I dont know if they'd want her to remarry.
Reina said:Well I was reading the old thread called Queen Noor's Future and I thought it would be interesting to start it up again seeing that CP Hamzah has been stripped of his Crown Princely title.
Like Humera said in the old thread I do not envy HM. I think it kind of sad that she goes from being a full-fledged queen to one who has to really work hard for her money. I don't think it wise for her to remarry, but it would be better to have a companion-although I am against that idea too since it is better to remarry. But I just don't know about her having to travel all the time and giving those speeches. It seems tiring. I don't know. But I just can't put to rest that Hamzah won't be king. It is not denial cuz I still think that it is possible. But it is also possibkle that Jordan could lose its monarchy esp. with the leadership (?) that KA upholds which is far from his dad's. Even my advisor who is not into royals, but is my major advisor, said that he really isn't that much of a leader like his dad is. Anyway back to Noor. I think she should slow down all those speaking engagements, but still speak out about issues-just not to where she is busy all the time. But her kids are growing up...
maryshawn said:I just wish her the best as she is a classy, lovely lady who has tried to spend the last five years trying to reinvent herself--never an easy task--from Queen of Jordan to a Queen who gives talks and whose title is more of a meaningless one in that she no longer wields the power she had. But all who know her say she reinvented herself when she moved to East Coast with her family, then when she became Queen, and now, its time to do it again. If anyone can handle it with grace, albeit it must still hurt at times, she can.
closesttoheaven said:okay - and what is with bab al salam?
i thought its her house and she would stay there - once she said that.
Reina said:Well I was reading the old thread called Queen Noor's Future and I thought it would be interesting to start it up again seeing that CP Hamzah has been stripped of his Crown Princely title.
Like Humera said in the old thread I do not envy HM. I think it kind of sad that she goes from being a full-fledged queen to one who has to really work hard for her money. I don't think it wise for her to remarry, but it would be better to have a companion-although I am against that idea too since it is better to remarry. But I just don't know about her having to travel all the time and giving those speeches. It seems tiring. I don't know. But I just can't put to rest that Hamzah won't be king. It is not denial cuz I still think that it is possible. But it is also possibkle that Jordan could lose its monarchy esp. with the leadership (?) that KA upholds which is far from his dad's. Even my advisor who is not into royals, but is my major advisor, said that he really isn't that much of a leader like his dad is. Anyway back to Noor. I think she should slow down all those speaking engagements, but still speak out about issues-just not to where she is busy all the time. But her kids are growing up...
Alicky said:It is very sad to me that she isn't in Jordan so much anymore. Maybe after all of her children have graduated (are they all in American schools?) she will go back? I wonder if her children see their futures in Jordan? I hope so!
I totally agree. Because of that I don't understand why QA don''t give her more responsabilities.