Looking at Prince Hussein, he talked about the Royal Hussars with a proud look on his face and talked about how many dangerous missions he had participated in before.
Alan sneered in his heart.
They are all the same. The British Army is usually not named Royal in front of it, unlike the Navy, which is the Royal Navy, and the Army... is just the Army!
But some corps in the army are named after the royal family, such as the Royal Hussars.
The regiment is not a regimental-level unit as ordinary people think. It's a British regiment... those who understand will understand. Britain has its own national conditions. This thing is like you never know how many people can sit in a Wuling Hongguang.
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The British corps can be called a corps if they have as few as a few hundred people, and if they are larger... there are too many to count.
Anyway, as far as Alan knew, the unit that Hussein had served in the past in Britain was considered one of the elite ace units in the army, with extremely strong combat effectiveness.
The nominal supreme commander of the regiment is the Grand Duke of Edinburgh, the current Queen’s husband, Prince Philip.
This corps is nominally a corps directly loyal to the Queen, so it is named with the prefix "Royal". In the past... it was first established in Ireland, but now... the composition of its soldiers is very complicated. However, no matter how ace a force is, with a status like Prince Hussein, people would not really send him to participate in any dangerous mission. If he gets injured, there would be no explanation.
Anyway, when Alan was looking at the files on Prince Hussein a few days ago, he didn't see any achievements he had made during his military service.
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This stuff is just for fun, just like when Alan served in the Royal Navy, he was just an ordinary sailor, but because he was born in an aristocratic family, he enjoyed the treatment of an officer as soon as he got on board. He and Xiao Shitou lived in the officer's rest cabin with a slightly better configuration, and he also ate the officers' meals following the captain's meal standard.
Once, when Alan was fishing on the boat, he accidentally scratched the corner of his eye and suffered a minor injury. The captain was almost scared to death at the time... He wanted to immediately use an anti-submarine helicopter to send him to the nearest hospital on shore.
The captain was so nervous just because Allen had only a minor injury, let alone Hussein, a foreign prince.
Any noble who has some family connections will receive this treatment when serving in the army. If you don’t receive this treatment, it only proves that your family is too poor and you are doing very badly.
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Prince Hussein looked at Alan and listened to him. He just smiled and agreed without saying anything. He was a little anxious inside. He had an impatient temper and liked to solve everything through violence. But sometimes, when faced with some things, violence could not solve all problems!
Just like now, Prince Hussein has his own ideas why he is so anxious to get to know Allen.
Their Jordan is a small country. His father has been moving around among various forces, which seems to be quite glorious. He is also very famous in the Middle East. Although the national strength is weak, who in the entire Middle East does not know the old king's reputation?
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The old king’s status in the Middle East is like Yu Qian’s father in Guo Degang’s crosstalk, a super peacemaker!
Whenever there was a conflict with neighboring countries, the first thing everyone thought of before fighting started was to send someone to ask the old King of Jordan to mediate.
The old king is a close friend of Iraq's boss Saddam, the little bully of the Middle East before 1991. He has been entangled with various forces for many years, and because of their family bloodline and extensive network of contacts, people give him face wherever he goes.
Even those stupid and rich Saudi tycoons have to give the current old king of Jordan some face.
As long as the old king takes action, the matter will basically be settled!
However, the above situations only existed in the past. Now... With Jordan's support for Iraq's fight against Kuwait and the arrival of the Americans, Jordan's days became difficult after the Gulf War. So the old king used his unique skills again, continued to maneuver, and began to make friends with the Americans.
but……
Now the old king is in poor health.
Although the outside world doesn't know it yet, as the eldest son in the family and someone who often has close contact with the old king, Prince Hussein knows the old king's physical condition best!
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And what is he embarrassed about now?
He is already thirty years old this year, but he is still a prince, not a crown prince!
The royal families in the Middle East have a custom of inheriting the throne by their younger brother after the elder brother's death.
In other words, theoretically speaking, if the old king is really no longer able to rule, and assuming that he has no younger brother, his position will definitely be passed on to his son, and it has to be the eldest son. If the eldest son is no longer able to rule, the throne will then be passed on to the second son, and so on.
And Hussein is the old king's eldest son.
But Jordan has been influenced by Britain for so many years that they will now also have a crown prince.
As long as the crown prince is appointed, the old king can pass the throne directly to the crown prince, regardless of whether the crown prince is the eldest son.
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What difficulties does Hussein face now?
Although he is the eldest son, his position is unstable. Logically, the position of crown prince should have been established long ago, and it should belong to Prince Hussein.
But the old king waited.
What is he waiting for?
The old king has another son, who is Prince Hussein's half-brother. Although the old king's son has average abilities, he looks very similar to the old king, almost as if they were cast in the same mold.
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As an elderly man, and a king with real power, sometimes, when he chooses the person to pass the throne to, he really doesn't look at the ability alone. The development ceiling of Jordan is just that high. As long as the successor can honestly maintain the status quo and do the same thing as the old king did before, it will be fine!
As a result, the old king's heart gradually leaned towards his youngest son who looked very much like him. The only problem now was that his youngest son was still young, only in his teens, and was not qualified to succeed the throne. If he rashly designated him as the crown prince, he was afraid that Prince Hussein would cause trouble, so...
The position of Crown Prince of Jordan has been dragged on by the old king and there has been no conclusion yet.
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Prince Hussein also had high expectations for the old king in the past few years, but as time went by, he felt that his destiny should be in his own hands, so... After returning from studying abroad, he immediately took over Jordan's most powerful force - the special forces.
Prince Hussein is now the secret commander-in-chief of the special forces.
With soldiers in hand, Prince Hussein gained some confidence. When he was just ready to confront his father... the damn Americans came and started the Gulf War. The coalition forces beat Iraq up severely, and the surrounding countries were all frightened after this battle.
Prince Hussein's plans were also disrupted.
Now, the United States is powerful in the Middle East, and the little military force he has is not enough to support him in making big moves in Jordan. It can only make the old king fear him, but that's all...
In this situation, Prince Hussein can only follow his father's example and seek foreign help!
He is already thirty years old this year. If he doesn't appoint a crown prince, his younger brother will be grown up soon and there will be no time left by then.
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When it comes to seeking foreign aid, Prince Hussein first excludes the Americans. It’s not that the Americans are not strong, but that his father is pro-American and pro-British…
If he goes to the Americans for help now, under the circumstances, unless the Americans are stupid, they will give up supporting the good old king and turn to support him.
The second reason for excluding the Americans is that Hussein himself has half British ancestry. His mother is British. In order to gain Britain's support, the old king married the daughter of a British civilian officer as queen, who eventually gave birth to Prince Hussein.
Now... when he needs foreign aid, Prince Hussein subconsciously turns his eyes to Britain. Although Britain is no longer viable, its power remains. In the Middle East, Britain's reputation is much better than that of the Americans!
As for America, which he excluded, how will it deal with it in the future?
Prince Hussein has a clear understanding of the relationship here. His father is now inclined to be pro-American, and if he goes pro-American, it will be just icing on the cake. But if he takes the initiative to introduce the power of Britain, it will be interesting...
As for America...as long as he is made crown prince, or even goes further to the throne, he can maintain the old king's pro-American policy and take over the old king's personal connections, and naturally he will be able to get the support of the Americans.
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Then...Prince Hussein summoned a few trusted subordinates, studied the brief information of the British upper echelons for a long time, and then formulated three strategies: the best, the middle and the worst.
Best outcome...Best strategy:
It is to find a marriage partner for an upper-class British aristocrat.
Not politicians but aristocrats!
Marrying into a politician's family is too time-consuming. Even if he is a prime minister, how many years can he serve? Ten years at most, and then... once he steps down, everything is gone. But it's different for the nobles. As long as they marry, the relationship between the two sides will gradually strengthen over time, and this relationship can last at least for 40 to 50 years.
So he had to find a nobleman, and it had to be a British nobleman that Hussein could get close to.
As for princes and princesses, forget about them. Even dukes and the like were excluded by Hussein. He knew this clearly.
Therefore, at the very beginning, Prince Hussein set his sights on the level of earl, or even viscount, which was below the earl.
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And this marriage was not about who he wanted to marry, but Prince Hussein was going to do it through his best sister, Princess Haya.
He promised his sister to a nobleman, and through this relationship, after the two families were married, he used his connections in Jordan to open up the market for the nobleman's business, and let their industry enter Jordan. He used the personal connections among the old British aristocrats to put pressure on his father.
Middle policy:
If his sister cannot get married, then he can just make friends with a nobleman. He can achieve the best goal by opening up the market, giving benefits directly, or even selling a little bit of profit to get the other party to stand up for him.
The next best option:
If there is really no other way, then I'll just find a rising political family to marry into, just for the sake of temporary gain, and to increase my power as much as possible. I can't just sit and wait to die, right?
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In this way, Prince Hussein and his trusted men soon found an extremely eye-catching target!
There was a well-known Earl named Allen Hill, but he was outside the aristocratic circles in London.
They are what the London aristocrats call a "country bumpkin" family.
But although this country-boy nobleman's territory may seem remote, the connections behind him are extraordinary, and he can directly contact Boss Cha.
Isn’t this interesting?!
And...Prince Hussein also obtained a list of British army suppliers in the Middle East through his connections in Kuwait, and on that list...was Allen's name!
Never mind whether the canned goods he sells are presentable or not. Let’s just put it this way, as long as he can be included in the list of military suppliers, it doesn’t matter. Even if the things he sells are rubbish, they are a symbol of his status!
Contact with him will not cause strong resentment among the Americans.
Besides, Alan's age is just right, he is only in his twenties. Although he is a count and his sister seems to be marrying up, Haya's identity as a legitimate princess can always give her extra points. Besides, he can make things very convenient for him in Jordan by then, and even give him more subsidies under the name of taxes under other names.
Although Prince Hussein did not know all the goods of this earl's family, the few he knew happened to be not high-end goods. There were so many refugees in the Jordanian market, more than enough to satisfy his appetite. Anyway, as long as the benefits were enough, Prince Hussein did not believe that he could not get this person!
From this perspective, such a goal is exactly what Prince Hussein planned.
But... this earl is usually difficult to approach, and just at this time, Prince Hussein's sister called him and wanted this eldest brother to go to London to see her, spend her birthday with her, and by the way... ask for money!
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Prince Hussein hesitated for a long time and was still worried about how to contact Allen. When he arrived in Britain and read the newspaper, he found out that old Earl Spencer had died!
And... according to the information he had learned, Allen once said in a media interview that he and Diana were relatives, which meant that he would definitely attend the funeral of old Earl Spencer!
So... Prince Hussein hurriedly wrote an application report and handed it to Boss Cha, saying that he had admired the Spencer family for a long time, and that this time he came to London and happened to catch up with the old earl's funeral, so he must go and attend it no matter what.
Then... he and his sister successfully met Alan at the funeral. Although they didn't say much at the time, they finally got to know each other.
Finally, until today...even when he came to the banquet, he brought his sister with him, and he had this idea in mind.
But... from the beginning to the end, according to Prince Hussein's secret observation, it seemed that Earl Allen rarely turned his attention to his sister.
This won’t do!
Agreeing or not is one thing, saying it or not is another. Prince Hussein is ready to take the initiative to avoid missing the opportunity later!
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"Ahem... Mr. Allen, how old are you this year? Haha... I remember that we are about the same age, right?"
The information of most of the British nobility is extremely confidential. It is already very impressive to be able to collect a rough idea, but Hussein still used this as an excuse to change the subject.
"Huh? I'm six years younger than you. I was born in 1968."
Allen knew how old Hussein was and simply said he was a few years younger than him.
"Oh? You are only 24 years old... Haha, my sister is already 18 years old this year, haya... why are you hiding so far away, come on."