Written by Tina King Mx

  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...