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...CHUMS AT THE SHERBORNE SCHOOL IN ENGLAND CALL HIM MAC, BUT TO HIS COUNTRYMEN CROWN PRINCE MAKHOSETIVE IS NOW KING MSWATI III OF SWAZILAND. HIS FATHER, KING SOBHUZA II, HAD RULED THE LANDLOCKED AFRICAN NATION OF 650,000 FOR MORE THAN SIX DECADES WHEN HE DIED FOUR YEARS AGO AT THE AGE OF 83, BUT IT WAS DECIDED TO HAVE THE FUTURE KING CONTINUE HIS EDUCATION OVERSEAS. NOW 18, MAKHOSETIVE BROKE OFF HIS STUDIES TO RETURN FOR THE CORONATION CEREMONIES. APPEARING AFTER A DAY OF SECRET RITES, THE NEW KING DID NOT SPEAK BUT WAVED SHYLY TO THE CROWD...
...DIED. Sobhuza II, 83, king of Swaziland and the longest-reigning monarch in the world; in Mbabane, Swaziland. The autocratic but mild-mannered Sobhuza ruled his small, landlocked southern African nation of 550,000 by balancing observance of his country's ancient traditions with gradual introduction of modern technologies. A man of simple tastes, he shunned his two royal palaces, preferring to live at his kraal of mud huts and to sleep outdoors on warm nights on a reed mat. He is survived by more than 100 wives and an estimated 500 children...
Known variously as "the Lion," "the Great Crocodile," "the Bull," "Son of the She Elephant," "the Great Mountain" and "the Inexplicable," King Sobhuza II, 82, became the leader of Swaziland the year Warren G. Harding moved into the White House. Last week, on the 60th anniversary of the old Lion's rule-the longest of any living monarch-he was feted by countrymen and visiting dignitaries. Heralded as much for his libido as his longevity, Sobhuza is said to have more than 100 wives and is well on his way to earning another moniker: "Father of His Country...
...atom-bombed into defeat and had risen again to become one of the world's proud industrial powers. Hirohito, who renounced his divinity in the wake of Japan's World War II loss, is now the world's second-longest-reigning monarch. Swaziland's King Sobhuza II, who became King in 1921, has ruled longer (though only since 1967 as the head of an independent state...
...KING OF SWAZILAND. Sobhuza II, "the Lion of Swaziland," now 74, is indisputably the most powerful of all the kings of Africa. Since winning independence from Britain in 1968, Sobhuza has ruled as a constitutional monarch. Annoyed by his country's British-imposed constitution, he abolished the document earlier this year and transformed the Prime Minister and Cabinet into what he calls the King's Council. He also abolished all political parties, banned political meetings and announced that he would rule by decree. From his 400,000 subjects came not a murmur of protest, not even when...