Written by Tina King Mx

  So Nande falls pregnant at 16 for the charming handsome guy who lives a little better off. Lefa quickly falls in love with the idea of being a father, he’s only 18. He’s willing to make it work. He enrolls in university and works part time to provide for his girlfriend and their child. Nande stays back a whole year to give birth to and take care of their child. Lefa makes good on his promise though. He takes care of them. He marries her. He buys her a house and they should live happily ever after, right?   If you guess no, you would be right. Lefa rakes in a ridiculous amount of wealth just as he starts his career. He’s managed to hook billionaire heir, Thapelo Makhele, to be his company lawyer. Known not to have many friends, Thapelo takes to Lefa... and his beautiful quiet wife. His restrain is patient but his desire isn’t. He decides perhaps, a clone would suffice. That he does. With the amount of money, access and resources; he manages to find duplicates to serve as ...

  Yes. King Sizwe has a middle name given by his father King Ngidumise. It is mentioned in Chapter 41 when Thembisa’s mother is telling the story of the dead queen and in Chapter 49 when Thembisa time travels back to the past as Nonkosi.   Sizwengaye Sikhosana is the luckiest king so far. This is the only king that lived with Ngidumise as his only family, his only loved son (to be debated) and then conceived him and lived again with him as his father. Basically he lived two lifetimes with him. Sizwengaye got the chance to experience the feeling of pure love - that he was denied in his childhood - in his adulthood. He got the chance to redeem the relationship he had had with his father to something closer and worth everything with his son. His daughter in law, sewed back closed the hole of despair of not having a mother.   It could be debated that Ngidumise didn’t want a woman near Sizwe because he didn’t want a replacement mother for his son. It will still be reve...

It is crazy how this story didn't go the way I intended it would. What came out of The Royals series, was pure luck. That's not how it was supposed to go. I didn't have a plan. If I'm being honest, I still don't. We're just steering with the flow. Let's go back a bit... Most of my stories, I remember where I got the idea and why. Most of them. I cannot for the life of me - remember what inspired The Royals. Fun Fact: It wasn't my first royal story. Only the first I have shared publicly. Maybe one day, I'll bring the other forward but let's focus. The original plot was, Thembisa's parents arrange a marriage for her. She doesn't know to who until her wedding day. This is when she finds out; he's the prince. He had special ability, yes. He was very quiet and cold, yes. He just didn't fall in love. She would be in this unfamiliar place with a husband that didn't even acknowledge her existence and she would get depressed. As she co...