As the Second World War loomed large, the British government asked for the support of all the countries within the British Empire. Queen Sālote told the British High Commissioner that Tonga would place all of its resources at Great Britain’s disposal. On 3 September 1939, Tonga officially declared war on Germany. The government immediately called [read more]
Princess Sālote’s mother, Lavinia, died in 1902 when Sālote was just two years old. Her parents’ marriage had been quite controversial as King George had originally been meant to marry Princess ʻOfakivavaʻu, but he had chosen Lavinia instead. With Lavinia dead and in order to appease those who had been offended by his first marriage, [read more]
After attending the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in London, Queen Sālote went on a two-week tour of Scotland, the Isle of Man and Ireland. She and her daughter-in-law, Mataʻaho, then travelled to Paris and Rome, where they had an audience with Pope Pius XII on 20 July 1953. Queen Sālote wrote about the meeting [read more]
Read part one here. Three more children would follow. Princess Sālote Mafileʻo Pilolevu Tuku’aho (born 1951), Prince Fatafehi ʻAlaivahamamaʻo Tukuʻaho (born 1954) and Prince ʻAho‘eitu ʻUnuakiʻotonga Tukuʻaho (born 1959). In 1949, Queen Sālote announced that Prime Minister Solomone Ata was to retire, and she named the Crown Prince as Prime Minister in his place. He [read more]
When Queen Sālote Tupou III of Tonga succeeded to the throne upon the death of her father, King George Tupou II, she was barely 18 and around six months pregnant. On 3 July 1918, Queen Sālote and her husband were finally able to move back into the Royal Palace following the period of mourning. The [read more]
The future Queen Sālote had been a healthy child. There were no reports of any ill health until she began her childbearing years. She had some tearing during her first childbirth that led to the problems, which she believed had caused her three miscarriages. By the 1930s, she felt generally unwell. She was examined at [read more]
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