(in his case from overseas). Instead of fair trials, the junta had lured them into a death trap, imprisoning and subsequently murdering 60 of the prisoners in 1974. In 1975, the junta murdered Emperor Haile Selassie. In this carnage, Princess Seble lost her grandfather, uncles, husband and brother. Laly Kassa, Kokeb Kassa and Amaha Kassa escaped confinement and fled to the West in 1977. The imprisoned Imperial family spent 14 years in jail, initially under house arrest and then under steadily worsening conditions, until they were locked in a 15-foot cell in Alem Bekagn (the end of the world) prison. After many years of campaigning by the British and other governments, human rights groups and especially the Destas' friends from school and college, the Imperial ladies were released in 1988. Princess Seble and Dejazmach Kassa had six grandchildren; Adey Sara Kejela, Amman Samuel Kejela, Yonas Amha, Anna Amha, Kaleb Abeye and Aden Abeye. Seble Desta died on 3 January 2023, at the age of 91. Honours National honours Dame Grand Cordon of the Order of the Queen of Sheba. Imperial Coronation Medal (1930). Jubilee Medal (1955) Jubilee Medal (1966). Foreign honours Honorary Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (United Kingdom, 1 January 1965). Ancestry References 1931 births 2023 deaths Ethiopian princesses Ethiopian Royal Family Solomonic dynasty Honorary Dames Commander of the Royal Victorian Order People educated at Clarendon School for Girls People from Addis Ababa