Jordan–United Kingdom relations

Jordan–United Kingdom relations, or Anglo-Jordanian relations, refers to the relationship between the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

The British Foreign Office refers to Jordan as "one of the UK's most trusted allies in the Middle East. With our close royal, political and security links, the relationship is a modern, dynamic partnership serving the interests of both countries."

Both countries share a close relationship in part because of the Hashemites, the royal family and leaders of Jordan, who received British help to overthrow Ottoman rule in the country during World War I and the Arab Revolt. In the aftermath of the First World War, the League of Nations granted Britain a mandate over several territories in the Middle East, including the area that would become Jordan. Britain established the Emirate of Transjordan in 1921 under the leadership of King Abdullah I, a British protectorate until its independence in 1946. Ties remained close and Britain continued to provide military and financial support to Jordan.

Both the current monarch, King Abdullah II, and his son, Hussein, Crown Prince of Jordan, were educated at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in England. King Abdullah II was educated at St Edmund's School in England, was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the British Army and served a year in Britain and West Germany as a troop commander in the 13th/18th Royal Hussars, and studied at Pembroke College at the University of Oxford. The Crown Prince's paternal grandmother, Princess Muna, was an English-born convert to Islam. Jordan and the United Kingdom retain strong military ties and regularly co-operate in joint training exercises. Britain helped train the Jordanian Armed Forces, and British military officers have often served in senior positions in the Jordanian army.