Sālote Tupou III
Videos
Sālote Tupou III was Queen of Tonga from 1918 to her death in 1965. She reigned for nearly 48 years, the longest of any Tongan monarch. Her rule of Tonga has been characterized as a golden age for Ton
Queen Sālote in her coronation robe
Sālote as a child in 1908
Queen Sālote inspects her troops following Tonga's declaration of war on Nazi Germany in 1940.
Viliami Tungī Mailefihi
Videos
Viliami Tungī Mailefihi CBE was a Tongan high chieftain and Prince of Tonga as the husband of Queen Sālote Tupou III. He served as Prime Minister of Tonga from 1923 until his death in 1941.
Sālote Tupou III
…according to the Constitution of 1875, after her fifteenth birthday, Sālote became the heir presumptive to the Tongan throne. In 1917, Sālote married Viliami Tungī Mailefihi, an adult noble then 30 years old, 13 years her senior. Her marriage had been a political masterstroke by her father, as Tungī was a direct descendant…
Prince Tungi in 1930
The Royal Family of Tonga, Circa 1930. centre: Prince Tungī and Queen Sālote; left & front: their 3 sons Prince Taufa'ahau, Prince Sione and Prince Tuku'aho; right: The Queen's sister, Princess Fusipala