{"id":146094,"date":"2018-06-25T09:51:01","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T09:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/prince-william-visits-ancient-city-in-jordan-during-royal-tour\/"},"modified":"2018-06-25T09:51:01","modified_gmt":"2018-06-25T09:51:01","slug":"prince-william-visits-ancient-city-in-jordan-during-royal-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/prince-william-visits-ancient-city-in-jordan-during-royal-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince William visits ancient city in Jordan during royal tour"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Image caption Prince William and Jordan's Crown Prince Al-Hussein bin Abdullah II <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Duke of Cambridge is spending the day in Jordan as he continues his royal trip to the Middle East.<\/p>\n

Prince William visited a Roman archaeological site where he met young people helped by a charity refugee programme.<\/p>\n

His wife, Kate, visited the ancient ruins during the 1980s.<\/p>\n

Later, the prince, 36, will become the first royal to make an official visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories.<\/p>\n

The duke and the Crown Prince Al-Hussein bin Abdullah II - who on Sunday watched the England football match together - arrived at Jerash, the ruins of a Roman city dating from the first century.<\/p>\n

Image copyright Reuters
Image caption Jerash is a major tourist attraction in Jordan <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Duchess of Cambridge was photographed there as a girl with her father, Michael Middleton, and sister, Pippa, during a visit in the 1980s.<\/p>\n

She moved to Jordan in 1984 when she was two years old, after her father, a British Airways manager, relocated to the capital of Amman.<\/p>\n

Image copyright The Middleton Family
Image caption The Duchess of Cambridge aged four with her father Michael and sister Pippa <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The duke said on Sunday that his wife "loved" living in the country, adding: "She is very upset that I am coming here without her."<\/p>\n

During the visit to Jerash, the prince met Syrian refugee children benefitting from Unicef's Makani programme, which offers psychological support for parents and children from deprived backgrounds, especially refugee communities.<\/p>\n

Image copyright Reuters
Image caption Prince William met a group of Syrian and Jordanian children at the archaeological site <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Image copyright Getty Images
Image caption The duke had previously said he "greatly admired" Jordanians' resilience in the face of humanitarian challenges <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At a garden party in honour of the Queen's official birthday on Sunday, he told an audience of Jordanians: "The way in which you opened your doors to hundreds of thousands of refugees from Syria, not to mention your longstanding commitments to Palestinian refugees, is remarkable."<\/p>\n

He also visited a military base of the Quick Reaction Force - formed with British military support - to meet members of Jordan's armed forces.<\/p>\n

Image copyright Kensington Palace
Image caption The pair visited the military base to watch pre-deployment drills and meet British officers on attachment to Jordan's armed forces <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Later on Monday, he will visit a charity that helps women develop career skills.<\/p>\n

During Prince William's five-day tour of the region, he will meet both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.<\/p>\n

Kensington Palace said the "historic nature" of the tour was "important".<\/p>\n

The trip comes as Israel celebrates the 70th anniversary of its foundation, and amid a rise in tensions between Palestinians and Israelis.<\/p>\n

There has been an upsurge of violence across the Israel-Gaza border in recent weeks, with more than 100 Palestinians killed during protests and dozens of rockets fired into Israel from Gaza.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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