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andy Seretse and Ruth Khama
They tried to ban our love and set us far apart, But we came home to build a nation from the heart.
andy To appease South Africa, the British government tricked Seretse into traveling to London in 1950 and exiled him from Bechuanaland.
andy Their secret 1948 wedding outraged both the British government and South Africa, which was just establishing its brutal apartheid system.
andy Match secret love letters to discover how forbidden romances changed the course of history.
Royal title: Seretse Khama was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1966, shortly before Botswana declared its independence from Britain.
The state of being barred from one's native country, typically for political or punitive reasons. In 1951, Britain forced Seretse Khama into exile because of his marriage to Ruth Williams.
Which country's newly established apartheid government pressured Britain to stop the marriage of Seretse Khama and Ruth Williams?
In which city did African prince Seretse Khama and English clerk Ruth Williams first meet in 1947?
What did the protectorate of Bechuanaland change its name to after gaining independence in 1966?
What political role did Seretse Khama hold after Botswana became an independent nation?