Jordan's Prince Hamzah on Monday pledged loyalty to King Abdullah II as the monarch accepted mediation over a rift within the royal family that saw the prince placed under house arrest, the palace said, according to AFP.

The Jordanian 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 "destabilize the kingdom's security".


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