Prince Seretse Khama, a prince of Bechuanaland, falls in love with a white British clerk, Ruth Williams, while studying law in Britain. Their marriage sparks a diplomatic firestorm and domestic turmoil, as they face opposition from the British, who hold their land as a protectorate, and South Africa, which is afraid of an affront to its apartheid rule.

A United Kingdom
In Botswana, a king's choice to wed a British woman sets off a whirlwind of controversy, threatening to upend centuries-old traditions and jeopardize the kingdom's very existence.