Jordan prince pledges loyalty, King accepts mediation in royal family rift Agence France-Presse Jordan prince pledges loyalty, King accepts mediation in royal family rift
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.