In recent months, Sovaleni's tenure was marked by difficult relations with Tonga's head of state, King Tupou VI. Although the sovereign’s predecessor ceded power voluntarily in the 2010 ...

On the abdication of his brother Edward VIII in December 1936 he was proclaimed King and took one of his middle names, George, on succeeding to the throne. The coronation of George VI and Queen ...

The eyes of the Tongan public will settle this week on Vava'u, a tourist hotspot in the Pacific nation's north, where King Tupou VI will make the next move in a tense political stand-off.