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Seretse Khama and Ruth Williams

When Seretse Khama and Ruth Williams fell in love in post-war London, they expected their families to object.

He was African, she was English. But soon governments were trying to stop their wedding.

Part of our series in the run-up to Britain's Royal Wedding.

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