Her Royal Highness Princess Badiya

H.R.H Princess Badiya El Hassan, third daughter of  H.R.H Prince El Hassan of Jordan and H.R.H Princess Sarvath, was born in Amman, Jordan in 1974.  She has a BA Hons in History from Oxford University.  Following her BA, she studied law in London, qualifying as a barrister, and was called to the Bar by Lincoln's Inn in 1998.  She then successfully completed an LL.M. in public international law at The London School of Economics.  Princess Badiya subsequently gained experience working for UN agencies in Geneva and New York.  Since then, Princess Badiya has worked both independently with various international organisations, and with her father, Prince El Hassan, and the organisations he is associated with. She often represents her father at meetings and events, and delivers speeches on his behalf. She is additionally a Trustee of the El Hassan Trust.

Princess Badiya is involved with initiatives to promote human rights in general and, more specifically, the rights of asylum seekers and refugees.  Princess Badiya is Prince Hassan's designated representative at Council Meetings of the Geneva based Refugee Education Trust (RET).  RET offers secondary education opportunities and life skills training to young refugees all over the world.  Princess Badiya is a member of the UK board of directors of Africa Middle East Refugee Assistance (AMERA-UK) which currently provides/supports legal aid services for asylum seekers in Egypt and Uganda with a view to expanding across the region.

Princess Badiya works with projects to further interfaith and cross cultural understanding. She is a member of the executive committee of the London based Interfaith Foundation. Her other UK commitments include her role as an Ambassador for the Prince's Trust. The Prince's Trust gives practical support to help young people overcome barriers and get their lives working. Princess Badiya is an active supporter of Mosaic, The Prince of Wales's Muslim Monitoring Project which is aimed at encouraging and assisting the British Muslim communities, and their youth in particular, to fulfill their positive potential.

Princess Badiya is regularly invited to give lectures, often to students (at school and university level), in England and North America on Islam, human rights and related issues.

Princess Badiya became engaged to Mr. Khaled Edward Blair in September 2004, they were married in Amman in June 2005.