Sālote Pilolevu Tuita | |
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Princess Royal of Tonga | |
HRH Princess Salote Pilolevu and The Hon. Siosa'ia Ma'ulupekotofa Tuita on their wedding day in 1976
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Born |
Royal Palace of Fangatapu, Nukuʻalofa, Tonga |
14 November 1951
Spouse | Siosaʻia Maʻulupekotofa, Lord Tuita of 'Utungake]] (m. 1976) |
Issue | Hon. Sālote Lupepau'u Salamasina Purea Vahine Arii 'Oe Hau Tuita Taione Hon. Titilupe Fanetupouvava'u Tuita Tu'ivakano Hon. Frederica Lupe'uluiva Fatafehi 'o Lapaha Tuita Filipe Hon. Lupeolo Halaevalu Moheofo Virginia Rose Tuita 'Aleamotu'a. |
House | Tupou |
Father | Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV |
Mother | Halaevalu Mataʻaho ʻAhomeʻe |
Religion | Methodism |
Royal Family of Tonga |
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Extended royal family
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Pilolevu, Princess Royal of Tonga, The Honourable Lady Tuita (born; Salote Mafileʻo Pilolevu Tuku'aho; born on 14 November 1951 in Tonga) is a royal princess of the Kingdom of Tonga and a member of the House of Tupou.
Salote (Charlotte) was born at The Royal Palace, Nuku'alofa on 14 November 1951 as the second child after Prince Siaosi (born: 1948) and the only daughter of Crown Prince Tāufaʻāhau and his wife Crown Princess Halaevalu Mata'aho, and also the third grandchild of Queen Salote Tupou III of Tonga, whom she is named after. She was baptised in the Methodist Faith.
She was educated at the Anglican Diocesan School for Girls, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand.
She was followed by two other brothers: Prince Fatafehi (born 1953) and Prince ʻAhoʻeitu (born 1959).
She is one of the main working members of the Tongan royal family and, although she spends most of her time away from Tonga, she works to build and maintain foreign relations with Tonga.
On 2 August 2010, Salote accompanied the Tongan Director of Tourism at the World Expo in Shanghai to help boost tourism for Tonga.
In June 2013, as Patron of Tupou High School, she organised the 50th year celebrations of the school.
On 20 November 2013, she hosted the party for the 15th year anniversary of diplomatic relations between Tonga and China; guests invited to enhance the relationship were: Li Baodong, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs and Li Xiaolin, Chairman of the China Power Investment Corporation.