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MBABANE, Swaziland (AP) - The king's eldest daughter deserved the beating she received from a household official when he caught her holding a drinking party during the monarch's annual bride-choosing festivities, a member of the royal family was quoted Thursday as saying.
"It was within the traditional overseer's right to discipline anyone — including princesses — who wanted to spoil the important ceremony," Jim Gama, governor of the queen mother's residence, was quoted as saying Thursday in the Times of Swaziland newspaper. "Swazi culture allows any parent to discipline any child for an unruly behavior in public."
Princess Sikhanyiso has long raised eyebrows in Africa's last absolute monarchy for flouting tradition with her Western-style dress.
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