He’s the one who likes to shed his security detail and slip out and wander around public spaces incognito so he cab interact with the public directly.
Jordan’s had about the best relationship of any Muslim country with Israel for decades, with a lot of under the table interaction and coordination going back to when there was an official state of war (treated with a wink and a nod) between them.
I’ve met his step-mother, Queen Noor, before. Incredibly intelligent and well spoken (she’s an American, Princeton educated iirc) and stunnigly beautiful.
King Abdullah’s mother is British-born Antoinette Avril Gardiner (Princess Muna al-Hussein), whom King Hussein divorced in 1972. She’s still alive.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Muna_al-Hussein