Actually a Brit but he spent his teenage years in US schools. He then went to Sandhurst ( U.K. West Point ) and was a serving officer in the UK army for a year or so. He's also an economic an social reformer. Jordanian economy has prospered under his rule.
Queen Noor, the fourth and last wife of King Hussein, Abullah’s father was American.
Abdullah’s mother was Hussein’s first wife.
Queen Noor nee Lisa Halaby is the daughter of Najeeb Halaby, once CEO of Pan-American Airlines.
Lisa Halaby received MArch from Princeton.