A Royal Wedding in Tonga

Earlier this month, a niece of King Tupou VI of Tonga was married in a traditional ceremony held at the Free Wesleyan Church of Fasi-moe-Afi ‘a Tungi. The Honourable Lupeolo Halaevalu Moheofo Virginia Rose Tuita, daughter of the Princess Royal Pilolevu -sister of King Tupou VI – married Lopeti Aleamotu’a having accepted his proposal of marriage in January.

Attending the wedding ceremony were: The Queen Mother of Tonga, Her Majesty Halaevalu Mata’aho, who just a few days before the marriage celebrated her 90th Birthday; Crown Princess Sxinaitakala and other members of the Royal Family.

The bride is a teacher at the Tupou Tertiary Institute and, back in in 2011, she was granted the rank of Commander of the Most Devoted Order of the Royal House. She wore a traditional Tongan wedding outfit comprising a beautiful lace top, royal-blue skirt and a taʻovala – a woven mat or apron normally made from pandanus leaves and hibiscus fibres – with flowers woven onto it.

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