Queen 'Masenate first met King
Letsie III of Lesotho in 1996.
Engagement and marriage In October 1999, two years into her studies at the National University of Lesotho, she became engaged to King Letsie III. They were married on February 18, 2000, in Maseru. He was the only unmarried King in Africa. The ceremony was conducted in the
Setsoto Stadium by Archbishop
Bernard Mohlalisi, with 40,000 people present including dignitaries such as
Nelson Mandela,
Festus Mogae,
Bakili Muluzi and
Charles III, then Prince of Wales. This marked the first time in the history of modern Lesotho where a royal had married a
commoner.
Motherhood and children Queen 'Masenate and King Letsie have three children;
Princess Senate (b. 7 October 2001),
Princess 'Maseeiso (b. 20 November 2004), and
Prince Lerotholi (b. 18 April 2007), They were born in a Private Hospital. She later explained that she wished she had more children, saying "Maybe I should have had one early after Prince Lerotholi but now my biological clock is telling me the time is up. I have read a lot about reproductive health-related risks and some medical researchers, in their studies, don't recommend women to consider falling pregnant at my age. When your eggs are no longer that fresh to make a healthy baby, then it's better to be on the safe side." ==Public life==