The future Crown Princess of Tonga, Sinaitakala Fakafanua, was born on 20 March 1987 as the daughter of Kinikinilau Tūtoatasi Fakafānua, 7th Lord Fakafānua and Princess Sinaitakala ‘Ofeina-‘e-he-Langi Fakafānua. Her father died in 2006, and her brother, Fatafehi Fakafanua, became the 8th Lord Fakafānua. She also had another brother named Fakaola mei Langi ʻItafuaʻatonga Tūtoatasi [read more]
Infanta Elena of Spain is the eldest daughter of King Juan Carlos I of Spain and Sofía of Greece and Denmark. On 23 November 1994, her engagement to Spanish nobleman Jaime de Marichalar was announced. He gave her an engagement ring made with diamonds from a tiara belonging to his mother. Embed from Getty Images [read more]
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Read part one here. Sālote returned home to Tonga in December 1911 and immediately fell back into her role of royal princess. She regularly attended the Free Wesleyan Church and joined her father and stepmother for ceremonies and engagements. Early in the new year, Sālote’s grandfather became ill, and the family visited him on Fafa [read more]
On 13 March 1900, Queen Lavinia gave birth to her first and only child with King George Tupou II, the future Queen Sālote Tupou III of Tonga. Sālote was born in the Royal Palace by the sea in Nuku’alofa, the capital of Tonga. Her parents’ marriage had been quite controversial as King George had originally [read more]
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