The bride of the Pacific island nation's Miss Sinaitakala Tuk’imatamoana ‘I Fanakavakilangi Fakafanua married the Crown Prince of Tonga, Tupouto’a Ulukalala who is her cousin. But behind the typically-colourful scenes of the national holiday following the ceremony was disagreement about the marriage. His father, King George Tupou V, who died in March this year, is said to have been against the marriage
He and his advisors believed the blood ties of the 27-year-old prince and his 25-year-old lover were too close. His bride, a former teacher, is 26th in line to the throne.The government and royal officials have long been against marriage between cousins as well as between royals and commoners but Prince Tupouto’a has told his advisers that love comes before protocol.
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