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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Stuti Mishra

Jordan’s outspoken prince gives up title a year after being placed under house arrest

AP

Jordan’s Prince Hamzah bin Hussein, an outspoken half-brother of the king has relinquished his princely title in apparent protest over how the country is run, a year after being placed on house arrest.

Posting the announcement on his official Twitter account on Sunday, Mr Hamzah, wrote that he was driven to the decision because his convictions cannot be reconciled with the “current approaches, policies and methods of our institutions”.

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