Personal Life
After living in the United States for 18 years, Sylvia returned to Uganda. In 1998 she became romantically involved with her long-time acquaintance Muwenda Mutebi II of Buganda. Their engagement was announced on Valentine's Day February 14, 1999. On 27 August of that year she married the King at St. Paul's Cathedral on Namirembe Hill, becoming the first queen of Buganda in fifty years. On 4 August 2004 in London, the Queen delivered her first child, Princess Katrina Sarah Ssangalyambogo which means "buffalo's horn". She is also step-mother to the King's previous three children.
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