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By Guy D. Garcia

HIS 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 AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM MORE THAN 30 NATIONS. ONE RITE OF PASSAGE BEHIND HIM, THE YOUNG MONARCH

FACES ANOTHER. HIS HEADMASTER EXPECTS HIM TO RETURN TO BRITAIN in June for his final exams.