 The title is given preferentially to the mother of the reigning King (styled the "Ngwenyama", "Lion of Swaziland"), or to another female royal of high status if the King's mother has died.Indlovukati rules alongside the Ngwenyama, and when there is no King, she rules as a Queen Regent.The current Ndlovukati is Queen Ntombi Tfwala, the mother of Ngwenyama Mswati III and wife of Sobhuza II.