{"id":329260,"date":"2026-03-04T23:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T23:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/329260\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T23:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T23:39:08","slug":"prince-william-and-jordanian-princess-attend-same-memorial-just-days-after-prince-harry-and-meghan-markles-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/329260\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince William and Jordanian princess attend same memorial just days after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s trip"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prince William and a Jordanian princess attended the same memorial service today, just days after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle returned to their US home from the same country.<\/p>\n

The Prince of Wales, 43, travelled to Wales to honour Dame Sh\u00e2n Legge-Bourke, the mother of his childhood nanny, at a thanksgiving service held at Brecon Cathedral.<\/a><\/p>\n

He was joined by the Princess Royal and the Duchess of Edinburgh at the midday ceremony commemorating the prominent Powys landowner, who died in December at the age of 82.<\/p>\n

In addition, Princess Haya bint Al Hussein of Jordan, King Abdullah’s half-sister, joined the memorial service.<\/p>\n

The link between the two likely stems from Princess Haya purchasing a country estate near Crickhowell in Powys, Wales, in 2019.<\/p>\n

This property is located near the 18,000-acre Glanusk Park estate, which was owned and run by Dame Sh\u00e2n.<\/p>\n

Princess Haya’s attendance was notable given that Prince Harry and Meghan made a two-day trip to Jordan on February 25.<\/p>\n

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex did not meet King Abdullah II, Queen Rania, or Crown Prince Hussein during their trip.<\/p>\n

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Prince William and Jordanian princess attend same memorial just days after Harry and Meghan’s trip (stock pictures)<\/p>\n

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However, the former working royals did meet with Princess Basma bint Talal, 74, King Abdullah II’s paternal aunt, and Princess Ghida Talal<\/a>, 62, a first cousin of King Abdullah II.<\/p>\n

William, Anne and Sophie arrived by helicopter at Christ College, Brecon, before travelling to the cathedral under police escort in three separate Range Rovers.<\/p>\n

One local reported on social media receiving a wave from Prince William and the Duchess of Edinburgh.<\/p>\n

Women attending were encouraged to wear colourful hats and dresses, while men were asked to don suits or uniforms.<\/p>\n

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King Charles, Queen Camilla and Princess Haya pictured in 2018<\/p>\n

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Sophie, 61, chose a maroon-trimmed coat with a red dress and matching hatband, whilst Princess Anne opted for a charcoal skirt suit.<\/p>\n

Queen Camilla, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, and Princess Alexandra each sent representatives.<\/p>\n

Dame Sh\u00e2n maintained close ties with the Royal Family throughout her life, serving as a lady-in-waiting to Princess Anne while her late husband, Captain William Legge-Bourke, worked as an equerry to Queen Elizabeth II.<\/p>\n

The service remembered her “loyalty to her beliefs and friends.”<\/p>\n

\"DameDame Sh\u00e2n Legge-Bourke and Prince Harry pictured in 2010 | GETTY<\/p>\n

Dame Sh\u00e2n inherited the Glanusk Estate near Crickhowell from her father, the third Baron Glanusk, in 1948 and transformed it into a flourishing venue for agricultural, cultural and charitable gatherings.<\/p>\n

Her daughter Alexandra, known as Tiggy, went on to care for Princes William and Harry during their childhood years, cementing the family’s bond with the younger generation of royals.<\/p>\n

Tiggy Pettifer, as she is now known, holds the role of godmother to Prince Harry and Meghan’s son, Prince Archie, demonstrating the enduring connection between the families.<\/p>\n

The young princes frequently visited Dame Sh\u00e2n’s Glanusk Estate, while King Charles was known to fish there during his student days at Aberystwyth in 1969.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince William and a Jordanian princess attended the same memorial service today, just days after Prince Harry and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":329261,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60,7425,7424,624,53245],"class_list":["post-329260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-meghan-markle","tag-prince-harry","tag-prince-william","tag-royal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329260\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/329261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}