Queen Nanasipau'u | |||||
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Queen Nanasipau'u at the festivities before her coronation
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Queen consort of Tonga | |||||
Tenure | 18 March 2012 – present | ||||
Coronation | 4 July 2015 | ||||
Born |
Nuku'alofa, Tonga |
March 8, 1954 ||||
Spouse | Tupou VI of Tonga | ||||
Issue |
Princess Latufuipeka Tupouto'a 'Ulukalala Prince Ata |
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Father | Baron Vaea | ||||
Mother | Baroness Tuputupu Vaea | ||||
Religion | Methodism |
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Nanasipau'u Vaea |
Royal family of Tonga |
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Extended royal family
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Nanasipau'u, (née Nanasipauʻu Vaea; born 8 March 1954) is the Queen consort of Tupou VI (and his second cousin), who ascended the throne as the King of Tonga in 2012.
Hon. Nanasipauʻu Vaea is the daughter of the Baron Vaea, a former Prime Minister of Tonga from 1991 to 2000, and Baroness Tuputupu Vaea. She has six siblings:
She was married at the Chapel Royal in Nukuʻalofa on 11 December 1982 to Tupou VI and the couple have three children and two grandchildren: