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My grandfather, on my father's side, helped to draft one of the first constitutions of China. He was a fairly well-known scholar.

My father was a professor of political science and also a young politician fighting for democracy in Kenya, and when things got ugly, he went into political exile in Mexico. Then I moved back to Kenya shortly after I turned one, and I grew up in Kenya.

Elizabeth I was my favourite monarch though, what an inspiration, she did great things for women.

What royal families are very good at doing is surviving and reinventing themselves. That's true whether it's a constitutional monarchy in Britain or an authoritarian monarchy.

I was studying political science; I was adamant that I was going to follow in my father's footsteps.

Growing up, it was very clear that I was a member of a royal family with a potential function later on. The question was: when and how and if?

I put my country and my principles first.

My father was my main influence. He was a preacher, but he was also a history and political science teacher, and since he was my hero, I wanted to follow in his footsteps and become a teacher.

I'm a passionate monarchist.

I began life as an absolute monarchist - on condition, of course, that I be that monarch.