South African President Jacob Zuma is a polygamist who has been married five times and has 20 children.
He has arrived in the UK with his fifth wife,
Thobeka Madiba Zuma
He married his first wife Sizakele Khumalo in 1973. She lives at his home in Natal
He divorced his second wife,
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma in 1998, though she still serves as a politician in his government...
She is pictured here with former
South African president Nelson Mandela and French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin
A third wife, Kate Mantsho, committed suicide in 2000. Mr Zuma married for a fourth time in January 2008 to his 33-year-old sweetheart Nompumelelo Ntuli...
She is pictured here with her husband and US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle at the opening dinner for G-20 leaders in Pittsburgh
Mr Zuma married for a fifth time on 4 January 2010. Some 2,000 guests thronged the president's homestead to watch an hour-long traditional Zulu wedding dance...
Mrs Thobeka Madiba-Zuma performed a solo dance while holding a spear and a shield to symbolise her acceptance of her new husband
Last year the new
Mrs Zuma was reportedly involved in a scuffle with his other wives Nompumelelo Ntuli, 35, and Gertrude Sizakele Khumalo, 66, as they jostled to be closest to their husband during a photo shoot
Mr Zuma reportedly brought Miss Madiba to meet the Queen because she is the only one of the three who has not yet accompanied him abroad
Queen Elizabeth II and
Jacob Zuma travel in a carriage on their way to Buckingham Palace following a ceremonial welcome on Horse Guards Parade
Thobeka Madiba Zuma rides in a carriage with the Duke of Edinburgh
Queen Elizabeth and the
South African President arrive at Buckingham Palace
Prince Philip and Thobeka Madiba arrive at Buckingham Palace
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip pose with the President of South Africa,
Jacob Zuma, and his wife
Tobeka Madiba Zuma, at the State Banquet at Buckingham Palace
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