Don't worry to much about the media.Most of them lives for the effect of their articles.Not very subtle writing mostly.I speak out of experience. Yours sincerelly:
DP Tick gRMK/Pusaka.
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: There was a New Zealand newspaper article, as
: usual full of the expected racist jibes and
: overtones that we have sadly come to expect
: from that country.
: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10401690
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: The lady in question, 'Ilima Lei Tohi
: Fifita, is tha adopted daughter of the late
: King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV.
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: What happened was that at her wedding in
: 1997 to a member of the noble Kalaniuvalu
: Fotofili, the late king was too ill to walk
: her down the isle. Her adoptive brother
: therefore stood in for his father and gave
: the bride away.
:
: The above from someone who was a guest at
: the wedding. A Norwegian newspaper article
: says much the same thing.
: http://www.aftenposten.no/forbruker/reise/article460283.ece?sted=Tonga
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: The NZ article is replete with silly rubbish
: about uniforms and London Taxis. The uniform
: that the King has beean wearing is little
: different from the dress uniform of all
: soldiers in the Tongan Defence Services.
: Indeed, the tropical pith helmet is hardly
: different from that worn by the New Zealand
: Army Band and until recently, the NZ Police.
: As for the London taxi, the tradition dates
: back to Queen Salote who purchased one after
: her visit to London where she found the
: taxis comfortable, roomy and it sharp
: turning circle convenient for Nukualofa's
: narrow streets. Prince Philip himself owns
: one and darts around London in it because it
: is a convenient way of doing so.
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: Having followed all the funeral arrangements
: closely, what is most evident is the modesty
: of the new King. He did not wear either the
: orders and decorations as entitled to as
: sovereign, nor the uniform of
: General-in-Chief. Instead the modest uniform
: of Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Guards and
: Tonga Defence Force of which he has been
: head since 1969. He also gave up the large
: limousine for the benefit of his overseas
: Royal guests from Japan and the UK.
:
: Finally, one should say that having children
: out of wedlock does not carry any sort of
: stigma in Tongan society. The late Queen
: Salote had three illegitimate brothers, one
: of whom was a very distinguished soldier in
: the British Army and Fijian Cabinet
: Minister. Her own husband, Prince Consort
: Tungi, had an illegitimate daughter who also
: settled in Fiji.
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: Now, while reading the articles about the
: new
: Crown Prince of Tonga, I have just read that
: at least a fews sources mention the fact
: that the King has "a 32-year-old
: illegitimate daughter and three
: grandchildren but they are not recognised as
: royalty". I haven't heard about it
: before.
:
: And your sources for this is?
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: DTH
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