And the King takes his 15th Wife .... An high School Graduate

King Mswati III of Swaziland, sub-Saharan Africa's last absolute monarch, has chosen an 18-year-old beauty pageant contestant to be his 15th wife.  Sindiswa Dlamini was spotted by the 45-year-old monarch as she and thousands of other Swazi maidens danced bare-breasted before him at the annual Reed Dance last month.

She was presented, wearing the Swazi royal family's trademark red feathers in her hair, to the general public at an additional Reed Dance in the southern provincial capital, Nhlangano, which was set up to broaden the king's choice from his young female subjects.

"I wish to confirm we have a new liphovela (royal fiancée)," announced Hlangabeza Mdluli, who oversees the maidens who take part in the Reed Dance.

Miss Dlamini graduated from St Francis High School in the tiny country's capital Mbabane last year and is a finalist in the Miss Cultural Heritage beauty pageant, whose winner will be announced on September 28.  Telegraph