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British Pleading With Negro King To Yield Throne
British ministers urged Seretse Khama to relinquish his Ba Mangwato throne to avert a Commonwealth crisis over his marriage to Ruth Williams. Khama, 27, faced pressure from South Africa and Southern Rhodesia while white residents feared a white wife on the Bechuanaland throne. He met with Philip Noel-Baker and Viscount Addison for two hours and promised another meeting.
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London
Seretse Khama
Philip Noel-Baker
Commonwealth Relations
Viscount Acdison
Khama
South Africa
Southern Rhodesia
Ruth Williams
Bechuanaland
Seretse
Ruth
Oxford
Serowe
England
Britain
Rhodesia