CNN correspondent to wed Jordanian prince
(CNN) -- Former CNN correspondent Rym Brahimi is engaged to Jordanian King Abdullah II's half-brother, Prince Ali, the palace announced Friday.
An engagement ceremony was held Friday in Paris and the wedding is set for September 7.
Brahimi, who worked from CNN's London and Baghdad bureaus, notified CNN Friday that she is resigning. After the wedding, she will be a princess.
The Jordanian royal palace issued an announcement Friday congratulating the couple, wishing them success and happiness.
The head of a special force in command of protecting the monarch, Ali is the son of the late King Hussein from his third marriage to Queen Alia. She died in a helicopter crash in 1977.
Brahimi is of Algerian and Croatian heritage. Her father is Lakhdar Brahimi, the senior U.N. envoy to Iraq.
She has covered major events including the Iraqi war, the Saudi response to the 9/11 attacks, the Kosovo war, the Hajj pilgrimage, and the bombing of the USS Cole. She is fluent in English, French, Italian and Arabic.
The engagement ceremony was aired on Jordanian state-owned media. Among those shown in attendance, in addition to the couple, were the king, the palace sheikh, Jordan's ambassador to France, and Brahimi's family.
Queen Rania, King Abdullah's wife, was not present and was in Amman, the Jordanian capital. The couple flew to Amman after the ceremony to meet with the queen.
CNN Arabic.com editor Caroline Faraj contributed to this report
