Photo: Jordan's Queen Rania 'can't wait' to welcome grandchild

Jordan's well-loved Queen Rania is one excited mother — and soon-to-be grandmother — as she shared a new photo of her son and her pregnant wife on Friday.

The kingdom's Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah II and her wife Princess Rajwa Al Hussein are expecting their first child this summer. Since the announcement in April, this is the first time an official photo of the royal couple — and Princess Rajwa's baby bump — was shared online.

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Queen Rania posted it on Instagram as he wished Prince Hussein a happy birthday. "Can’t wait to see you and Rajwa as parents!" she wrote.

The photo, taken outdoors, quickly went viral, garnering more than 233,000 likes in less than an hour.

It has been a year since the crown prince — the eldest son of King Abdullah II — and Saudi national Rajwa Al Saif got married in a dreamy, fairytale wedding that was attended by VIPs and dignitaries from around the world.

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