★★★★★David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike fall truly, madly, deeply in love in London in 1947. He plays Seretse Khama, a law student, she Ruth Williams, an office clerk. The commitment of these mixed-race newlyweds is about to be tested by the might of the British government in full imperial, apartheid-supporting pomp — for this law student is also king of Bechuanaland, now Botswana. “Black King, White Queen” screamed the headlines, and a diplomatic game of chess played out between the neighbouring South African government and Westminster used Seretse and Ruth as pawns. What now seems an almost unbelievable story of…

Source: The Times September 10, 2016 00:11 UTC