His Majesty King Letsie III is the first born of late King Moshoeshoe II and Queen Mother ‘Mamohato Bereng Seeiso. He was born at Scott Hospital in Morija on July 17 1963 and named Mohato Bereng Seeiso. He was christened into the Roman Catholic Church as David.

He did part of his primary education at Iketseteng Private School in Maseru from 1968 to 1972, where he completed standard five. He then proceeded to Gilling Castle School run by the order of St.Benedictine in York Shire, where he completed his primary education in 1976.He then proceeded to his father’s Alma mater Ampleforth Collage in 1977, where he completed his secondary and his school education in 1980.

From 1980 to 1984 he pursued his University education at the National University of Lesotho, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Law. Between 1984 and 1986 he completed a Diploma in English Legal Studies at the University of Bristol in Britain. King Letsie III later spent a year at the University of Cambridge where he studied Development Studies, completing in 1989.At the same time he enrolled with Wye Collage of the University of London where studied Agricultural Economic and in 2016 he was appointed FAO special Ambassador for Nutrition by the Organisations Director-General ,Joe Graziano da Silva.