Jordan prince pledges loyalty, King accepts mediation in royal family rift

Amidst a rift in Jordan's royal family, Prince Hamza pledged his loyalty to the King on Monday after the monarch accepted mediation in the conflict. The prince had earlier alleged that he had been placed under house arrest.

Jordan's Prince Hamzah pledged loyalty to the king on Monday as the monarch accepted mediation over a rift within the royal family that saw the prince placed under house arrest, the palace said. The government has accused Hamzah, an ex-crown prince and half-brother of King Abdullah II, of a "wicked" plot and involvement in a seditious conspiracy to "destabilise the kingdom's security". Hamzah, detained along with at least 16 others, had earlier struck a defiant tone saying he had been placed under house arrest inside his Amman palace, but insisting he would not obey orders restricting his movement.