[6] In the early 19th century, the Dlamini centre of power shifted to the central part of Eswatini, known as Ezulwini valley.

In the south of the country (present day Shiselweni), tensions between the Ngwane and the Ndwandwe led to armed conflict.

[citation needed] Due to the practice of polygamy, the number of people who can be counted as members of the royal family is relatively large.

Reports have claimed that the king's large number of spouses and children "take up a huge chunk of the [national] budget"[8] and that "the royal family seems to live in its own world that is totally unaffected by the country's struggles".

Several members of the royal family have been educated abroad: King Mswati III spent several years at Sherborne School, in Dorset, England, and his eldest daughter Sikhanyiso Dlamini has studied at St Edmund's College, Ware, in Hertfordshire, and Biola University, in California, United States.