In Tonga's capital Nuku'alofa, the royal palace is hard to ignore. The expansive white and red building, home to King Tupou VI and his queen Her Majesty Nanasipau'u, takes centre stage in the ...

The sheer bulk of King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, the quintessence of Tongan nobility in stature, was the first inescapable visual impression of him. Thence the cliché, none the less true, that he was ...

The suggested changes come just a month after the death of King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, who reigned for 41 years. King Tupou IV was against the idea of reforms - and while he was widely respected, he was ...

Taufa'ahau Tupou IV: One of the world's last absolute monarchs Tupou IV, the ruler of Tonga, who became the country's king in 1967, was the fourth longest-reigning monarch in the world and, according ...