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Princess Senate Mary Seeiso of Lesotho

Princess Senate Mary Seeiso is the oldest child of King Letsie III and his wife, Queen Masenate Mohato Seeiso.

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Princess Senate was born in Maseru, Lesotho on October 7, 2000.

Princess Senate is the patron of the Coalition on the Rights of the Child, a Non-Governmental Organization. The organization aims to enact the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Lesotho.

The Convention on the Rights of the Child is a United Nations-backed treaty which “sets out the civil, political, economic, social, health and cultural rights of children.”