 On 14 December 2003, a report appeared in the "Times of Swaziland" claiming that Princess Sikhanyiso had gone on a trip to the US and Britain, and that the Swazi government had spent close to E1 million (US$100,000) on her trip.The Prime Minister's office subsequently issued a press statement denying these claims.At the end of the ban in 2005, Princess Sikhanyiso, then seventeen years old, celebrated with a party involving loud music and alcohol at the Queen mother's residence.