It is not only King Mswati III, Swaziland's absolute monarch, who displays his vast wealth about his person. His family are the same.
He wore a watch worth US$1.6 million and a suit beaded with diamonds at his 50th birthday party. He did this while children in his kingdom are on the verge of starvation and are only kept alive by food donated from abroad.
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