This was no simple wish For generations, her own family had insisted on a peculiar rule — one that stripped all former Kings of the privilege of private burials in sacred places The very law was the brainchild of her clan, designed to keep former monarchs at a distance from the symbols of power they once held One such monarch, King Kenneth, had learned this lesson the hard way In his final days, he had asked to be buried next to his beloved Queen Betty But the Queen’s family’s trusted aide — a cunning man named Given — decreed otherwise With a single cold command, he told Kenneth’s mourners that the King’s body would never rest beside his wife The decree was final, and the law was on Given’s side And so history, as it often does, found a way to laugh at those who write the rules For today, that very Queen stood before a foreign court, demanding burial rights for her husband — not beside his own kin, but beside Winnie, the wife of another King from another land The irony was lost on no one: the law she now fought against was not unlike the one her family had once wielded to deny Kenneth his final wish In the court of public opinion, whispers filled the air Some said this was an act of love so deep it defied boundaries Others murmured it was a spectacle of power and vanity, dressed as sentiment But one thing was certain — the Queen’s fight for her husband’s resting place would be remembered, not only for the oddity of her request but for the echo of Kenneth’s silent, unfulfilled wish that lingered in the shadows And so, under the gaze of history and the judgement of the living, the Queen’s tale unfolded — a reminder that in the end, even royalty must answer to the laws they helped create Source: Zimeye All Zim News is a central hub for all things Zimbabwean, curating news from across the country so no story is missed Alongside aggregation, our team of nationwide reporters provides real-time, on-the-ground coverage Stay informed and connected — reach us at admin@allzimnews.com. Source: Zimeye
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