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Jordanian king's grandfather dies at 95 in Amman
Dec 1, 2010, 17:34 GMT
Amman - The British grandfather of Jordan's King Abdullah II died in Amman on Wednesday at 95, the Jordanian royal court announced.
The body of Walter Percy Gardiner, a retired British army colonel from Norfolk, will be buried on Thursday in Jordan in special ceremonial arrangements, a royal court statement said.
The royal court also announced a one-week mourning period throughout the country for Gardiner, father of Princess Mona al- Hussein, King Abdullah's mother.
The princess was born in Britain in 1941 as Antoinette Gardiner and was married to late King Hussein, King Abdullah's father, in 1961. They divorced in 1971.
King Abdullah has cut short a Gulf visit and returned to Amman to take part in the funeral activities.
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