Queen Sālote had left Tonga on 23 March 1953 to attend the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in London. After a long journey, England came into view on 17 May, and she disembarked at Southampton on 18 May. The coronation was set to take place on 2 June. Queen Sālote attracted attention from the moment [read more]
Queen Sālote Tupou III of Tonga would hardly know her mother as she tragically passed away on 24 April 1902 at the age of just 23. Little Sālote was just two years old. Queen Lavinia Veiongo Fotu had gone to visit Princess ʻOfakivavaʻu, who had once been considered as a bride for Queen Lavinia’s husband, [read more]
On 7 January 1922, Queen Sālote Tupou III gave birth to her third son, Prince Sione Ngū Manumataongo. Prince Siaosi Tāufaʻāhau Tupoulahi, the future King Tupou IV, had been born in 1918, and Prince Uiliami Tuku‘aho was born in 1919. Shortly after his birth, Queen Sālote went to New Zealand for several months for a [read more]
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