Ruth Williams Khama, or Lady Khama as she was popularly known, was the wife of Botswana's first president Sir Seretse Khama. She served as the inaugural First Lady of Botswana from 1966 to 1980. Born in a white family to British parents, Ruth Williams had the most ordinary of life until she met Seretse in a social event. The two were almost instantly attracted to each other – though neither of them openly showed their interest. He was a black African Prince and she a white British secretary. They had nothing in common except the mutual feeling of interest that overpowered all their differences – racial, communal, societal, and political. Upon meeting a couple of times, Williams and Seretse found themselves inseparable. They decided to tie the nuptial knot despite religious and racial differences. The then newly-established law of apartheid that disapproved interracial marriage added more concerns to the already-contentious marriage. However, braving all odds, Williams and Seretse proved everyone wrong and turned out to be ‘role model’ companions. In the future, when Seretse became the inaugural President of Botswana, she dutifully took up the position of the First Lady and served in that position until 1980. During her term as the First Lady, Lady Khama looked into the civic interests of the people and worked for the rights of women.