Kingdom of Swaziland

[wedmonds]

Originally Posted by LaPlusBelle

So who is his main wife, as in who does he bring along for state functions?
And how many children does he have?

I think that his main wife is HRH Inkhsoikati Queen LaMbikiza of Swaziland. Princess Sikhanyiso's mother. Although technically she is the third wife. But she is the first one that he actually got to choose for himself. I also heard rumor that she is one of his favorites. They've had their ups and downs. But, all is well with them. They have been married for years.

[sgl]

King Mswati is currently on a visit to Zimbabwe:

http://www.theroyalforums.com/7555-k...sits-zimbabwe/

[sgl]

King Mswati was scheduled to visit the former residence of King Lobengula during his visit to Zimbabwe; however, the visit was cancelled due to embarrassment by Zimbabwean officials over the deterioration of the residence:

http://www.theroyalforums.com/8655-d...-be-cancelled/

[sgl]

A rather strange story: Michael Jackson promised King Mswati III that he would build a Disney-style theme park in Swaziland.

http://www.theroyalforums.com/9044-m...for-swaziland/

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The president of Libya Mummar Gadaffi presented King Mswati III with a gift of 6 camels:

http://www.theroyalforums.com/9198-l...d-with-camels/

There have never been camels in Swaziland before.

[wedmonds]

Originally Posted by wedmonds

I have a question...I recently went online and read that King Mswati III of Swaziland made the Forbes Richest Royals List. He was last in line, but he was on the list with a whopping $200 M. USD wealth. The Swazi Royal Family is known to have somewhere around 200-500 royals in the family. That all bear the title Prince/Princess and HRH. How does he keep that entire family in palaces and BMW's the way that he does with just two hundred million. You would think that the money would run out if you were taking care of all of those people...

So my question to you all is how do you think he does it. One of his daughters goes to school here in the U.S. and she drives a Bently. How in the heck is he able to pay all of this. Taking care of hundreds of people?

I have known people here in the US to win the lottery with fifty million and run through that in two years. Spending their money the same way he spends his. So how in the world does he do what he does?...Just a thought...

In Pictures: World's Richest Royals - Forbes.com

Here is a new Forbes list for 2009. King Mswati's wealth has went down one hundred million this year.