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Update: Swaziland's King Mswati continues to live large in a dirt-poor nation (and his people love it)
To celebrate turning the big-4-oh, he had a 15,000-seat stadium built and ordered BMWs for visiting dignitaries. Forbes estimates he's worth $200m and skims millions a yr from the gov't and business. He has made News of the Weird several times, e.g., his 5-yr ban on all sex by virgin women (to reduce the sky-high HIV rate) (didn't work) (and personally he promptly broke the rule, anyway) (but he paid the fine, which was one cow). In a new documentary, he admits that poverty makes him "sad" and that "sometimes . . you wish to help them but the funds are always not enough." No matter. Even his critics agree that he is seriously beloved, even by the beggars. New York Times
To celebrate turning the big-4-oh, he had a 15,000-seat stadium built and ordered BMWs for visiting dignitaries. Forbes estimates he's worth $200m and skims millions a yr from the gov't and business. He has made News of the Weird several times, e.g., his 5-yr ban on all sex by virgin women (to reduce the sky-high HIV rate) (didn't work) (and personally he promptly broke the rule, anyway) (but he paid the fine, which was one cow). In a new documentary, he admits that poverty makes him "sad" and that "sometimes . . you wish to help them but the funds are always not enough." No matter. Even his critics agree that he is seriously beloved, even by the beggars. New York Times
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