King Selects Teen Beauty Contestant for 13th Wife
From Times Wire Reports
Swaziland’s King Mswati III, sub-Saharan Africa’s last absolute monarch, has chosen a 16-year-old beauty contestant as his 13th wife after the traditional Reed Dance ceremony at which about 20,000 women and girls danced topless.
The Times of Swaziland said the Miss Teenage Swaziland finalist was in seclusion. The palace does not comment on the 36-year-old king’s marriages. His father had more than 40 wives.
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