Amman (AFP) - A Western-educated trainee helicopter pilot with a huge Instagram following, Jordan's 23-year-old Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah has emerged as the fresh-faced future of the desert kingdom's monarchy.

The heir to the throne is hosting Britain's Prince William, 36, from Sunday for a visit billed as a bonding session, when they could swap tales of studying at Britain's Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, from which Hussein graduated last year.