his father had died when he was very young and he was brought up by his uncle, tshekedi.t the marriage and he thought it would be letting the tribe down and you couldn't have a chief with a white bride. they wanted to be married in the anglican church. unfortunately, tshekedi wrote to the london missionary society asking them to stop the wedding. and they contacted the bishop of london, and he telephoned the vicar the morning of the marriage to say he wasn't to marry them. so that was the saturday. on monday morning seretse went to a registry office, bought a special licence and then the wednesday morning at nine o'clock they arranged to get married. we were stubborn. other people were equally stubborn in their attitude by trying to prevent us. it was discussed in parliament. churchill said they were a very brave couple, even though he did not approve of the marriage. the british government sent out a team to look at the suitability of seretse to be the chief. coming in from bechuanaland, seretse khama, the 27—year—old chief designate of the bamangwato tribe. he had been