I was a member of the hang gliding club at Imperial College in London in the early 90s. A member of our club, Yasmin Saudi, organized a hang gliding expedition

I was a member of the hang gliding club at Imperial College in London in the early 90s. A member of our club, Yasmin Saudi, organized a hang gliding expedition in Jordan involving a couple of lucky members (not me) and British women's hang gliding champion Judy Leden. King Hussein kindly provided a military escort and had a personal audience with the participants. He also stayed in touch afterwards, and a year or so later when Yasmin was dying of cancer he frequently called the hospital. He stayed friends with Judy Leden and according to an interview of her whose source I can't remember he sometimes visited the UK unofficially and dropped in for a cup of tea. Other things I've heard about him are that he donated one of his official residences for use as an orphanage and sometimes visited the kids to be supportive and give them video games. I have a feeling he may have been one of the good guys as world leaders go.