The Royal Hashemite Family of Jordan has announced the wedding of His Royal Highness Prince Ghazi bin Mohammed and Her Royal Highness Miriam, Princess of Tarnovo. It took place on Saturday, September 3.
“Their Highnesses Prince El Hassan bin Halal and Prince Talal bin Mohammed attended the ceremony. The Hashemite Royal Family wishes Their Royal Highnesses Prince Ghazi bin Mohammed and Princess Miriam Ghazi a long and happy life,” the statement said.
Princess Miriam is the former daughter-in-law of King Simeon II. She was married to Prince Kardam Turnovski. She has retained her Orthodox faith, despite her new husband’s Muslim faith.
The day before the wedding, on Miriam’s birthday, she and her children visited the memorial to Kardam, which was erected by the Jordan River.
Miriam was born on September 2, 1963 in Madrid as Doña Miriam Ungria y López, daughter of Don Bernardo Ungria y López and Doña María del Carmen López y Oleaga (deceased in 2019). She graduated in history and geography, specializing in art history at Compuletense University in Madrid. He then studied gemmology, jewelry making, jewelry design, gem setting and wax patterns at the European Center for Jewelry Making at the University of Oviedo. She created her own fashion line MdeU.
On July 7, 1996, in the Santos Adreas and Demetrio Orthodox Church in Manrid, Doña Miriam Ungria y Lopez married the heir to the throne of Bulgaria Kardam, Prince Tarnovski (born December 2, 1962 in Madrid). Kardam was the eldest son of King Simeon II (born 1937) and Queen Margarita (born 1935 as Margarita Gómez-Assebo and Quehuella).Prince Kardam and Princess Miriam have two sons Boris (born 1997) and Beltrán (born 1999 .), who were baptized in the Orthodox faith.
On August 15, 2008, Kardam and Miriam crashed in Madrid. Both are seriously injured, but Miriam manages to recover. Cardam, however, has a brain injury and remains in a coma. His wife, who remained a Catholic after the wedding, converted to the Orthodox faith as a gesture to her husband’s family. Prince Kardam died on April 7, 2015 in Madrid after nearly 7 years in a coma.
Prince Ghazi bin Mohammed was born on October 15, 1966 in Amman. He was the son of Prince Mohammed bin Talal (1940–2021) and his first wife Princess Feriyal (born 1945 as Irshaid). His uncle is the late King Hussein of Jordan, making him a first cousin of the current monarch, Abdullah II.
The prince graduated from the prestigious Harrow High School in London. He then took a degree in literature at Preston in 1988. He completed his PhD in modern and medieval literature at Trinity College, Cambridge. His topic is “What is it to fall in love?: Exploring the literary archetype of love”. The prince is King Abdullah II’s chief adviser on religious and cultural affairs and the king’s special envoy. He was also its regent.
From the time of their wedding on 4 May 1997 until their divorce in 2021, Prince Ghazi bin Mohammed was married to Princess Arej Ghazi (formerly Zawawi). They have four children: Princess Tasnim (1999), Prince Abdullah (2001), Princess Jenna (2003) and Princess Salsabel (2014).
On 18 May 2021, the Hashemite Royal Family of Jordan announced that Princess Arej Ghazi’s title was changing to Princess Arej bint Omal Al Zawawi. Similar announcements are used to announce divorce.
