"the American secretary who became king" Sophie Goetzmann

    She started out as just an administrative assistant who lived in Washington D.C.  She then became royalty. In 2008, the 55 year old women got woken up in the middle of the night to receive the news that she was the new king of Otaum. Her uncle, the previous king just died and she was the new king. She decided to accept the thrown and was the first women king of Otaum. Otaum has around 7,000 people in it. Overnight her world changed, literately. She was born in Ghana in 1953. She nows wants to spread hope that a secretary can do anything, even become a king.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/31/world/africa/king-peggy-otuam-ghana/index.html