International royals

A look at the Tongan line of succession

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18th March 2022
With King Tupou VI celebrating ten years on the Tongan throne, let’s take a look at the succession of this Polynesian country.The Kingdom of Tonga follows the male-preference cognatic primogeniture, meaning that only legitimate descendants of Tonga’s first king, George Tupou I, can ascend to the throne and that male successors are given preference over female successors.Queen Sālote…
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International royals

Royal Baby Alert: Tonga has a new Princess

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26th February 2021
It’s starting to look like a fruitful year in royal baby land as the Crown Princess of Tonga gives birth to her fourth child and third daughter.Crown Princess Sinaitakala gave birth to a baby girl at the Calvary Hospital in Canberra, Australia, on 25 February. The little girl was born at 5.41 P.M (7.41 P.M Tongan time). The Palace Office in Nuku’alofa announced that she had been…
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