Melania Trump hosts Queen Rania of Jordan in Florida

Melania Trump hosted Queen Rania in Palm Beach during her visit to the US. (Office of Queen Rania)
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  • Monarch speaks of pleasure at reconnecting with returning first lady

LONDON: Jordan’s Queen Rania met incoming US First Lady Melania Trump in Florida on Thursday.

Trump hosted the queen in Palm Beach during her visit to the US.

The queen said on Instagram that “it was a pleasure reconnecting” with Melania, who will return for a second term as first lady when her husband Donald is sworn in as president on Monday.

The two women “discussed various issues of mutual interest, including children’s welfare, as well as improving their education,” the queen’s office said.

The meeting, which was followed by a lunch, is the third to take place between the two in the US.

In 2018, Trump welcomed Queen Rania and her husband King Abdullah II to the White House ahead of meetings with the president.

The royals also visited the White House in 2017 and toured an all-girls school in Washington.