Terry Pheto

"Who do you think will accept you? You belong to the whites, but they won't want you either."
[to Ruth]

Naledi Khama: "I am Naledi, Seretse's sister."
Ruth Williams: "Naledi. Seretse's told me so much..."
Naledi Khama: "Please don't. Why would you do this to us, to yourself? Be somewhere and something that makes no sense to you? Look at them. They are fighting because of you."
Ruth Williams: "I mean you no harm."
Ella Khama: "Do you understand what mother, 'mother of our nation' means? I married Seretse's uncle knowing my responsibility. That one day Seretse's wife would be chosen from our nation and I would hand over to her. We have waited years for the day we would see her rule by his side."

Ella Khama: "I will entertain you in my home, if that is my husband's wish. But don't insult us. It's audacious of you to come here and present yourself married as if it were your right to be our queen. Who do you think will accept you? The men?"
Ruth Williams: "I..."
Ella Khama: "Us, the women? To have a white woman who we must love and trust and respect as our sovereign. [laughs] You belong to the whites, but they won't want you either. You insult us all."
Naledi Khama: "Let him go. We need him more than you."