EXCLUSIVE: Fresh from his turn in Lee Daniels’ The Butler, David Oyelowo has been set to star in and produce A United Kingdom, a love story based on the true tale of Seretse Khama and Ruth Williams.

Some stories are too good to be true — and some are so fantastical that they can only be based on reality. Such is the case with the true story of African prince Seretse Khama and English clerk Ruth ...

David Oyelowo and Rosemund Pike got a surprise visit from Ian Khama, the president of Botswana, while they were playing his parents in A United Kingdom Ale Russian is a contributing writer at PEOPLE.

More than 50 years ago the romance between the Oxford-educated chieftain and the office clerk from London – the subject of a new film – outraged many people here and in Africa and caught politicians ...