Princess Muna
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Princess Muna with sons Faisal and Abdullah (right) in 1964
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| Princess consort of Jordan | |
| Tenure | 25 May 1961 – 21 December 1972 |
| Born | Antoinette Avril Gardiner 25 April 1941 Chelmondiston, Suffolk, England |
| Spouse | Hussein of Jordan (m. 1961; div. 1972) |
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Abdullah II of Jordan Prince Faisal Princess Aisha Princess Zein |
| House | Hashemite (by marriage) |
| Father | Walter Percy Gardiner |
| Mother | Doris Elizabeth Sutton |
| Jordanian royal family |
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Extended royal family
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HRH Prince Muhammad
HRH Princess Taghrid
HRH Prince Hassan
HRH Princess Sarvath
HRH Prince Ali
HRH Princess Reema
HRH Prince Asem
HRH Princess Sana
Princess Muna al-Hussein (born Antoinette Avril Gardiner; 25 April 1941) is the mother of King Abdullah II of Jordan. She was the second wife of King Hussein; the couple divorced on 21 December 1972. She is British by birth, and changed her name to Muna al-Hussein upon marriage.
Toni Gardiner was born in Chelmondiston, the daughter of Doris Elizabeth (née Sutton) and Walter Percy Gardiner. She attended Bourne School in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, which was administered by the British Families Education Service for the children of British Service personnel stationed overseas, where she was an A-grade field hockey player. The school closed when British Forces withdrew from Malaya.
Gardiner's father was a high-ranking British Army Officer stationed at Long Marston in Warwickshire in the 1960s.
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