Queen Noor of Jordan: how the US-born royal became a respected symbol of ‘grace, style and courage’ in the Middle Eastern kingdom

• Lisa Halaby was wealthy, ‘extremely well-educated, highly intelligent, strikingly beautiful’ and met King Hussein after the death of his third wife Queen Alia
• After their marriage, she converted to Islam, perfected her Arabic and gained a Jackie Kennedy-like aura that she has held ever since Hussein’s death in 1999