Swazi king weds 18-year-old as 12th wife Monday, 13 June 2005
Swaziland's King Mswati III took an 18-year-old former Miss Teen Swaziland finalist as his 12th wife at the weekend, barely two weeks after marrying his 11th, media in the tiny African kingdom said.
In 1973 Mswati's father Sobhuza, whose authorised biography says he had 45 official wives, tore up the constitution of the former British protectorate, sandwiched between South Africa and Mozambique. Mswati's officials are drafting a new constitution, which is set to uphold the ban on political parties.
Mon June 13, 2005
MBABANE (Reuters)