Tonga: King Tupou VI crowned as new king

By Peter Munro
Updated July 4 2015 - 4:18pm, first published 3:26pm
King Tupou VI leaves the coronation. Photo: Edwina Pickles
King Tupou VI leaves the coronation. Photo: Edwina Pickles
King Tupou VI and Queen Nanasipau'u head to the royal palace after the coronation ceremony. Photo: Edwina Pickles
King Tupou VI and Queen Nanasipau'u head to the royal palace after the coronation ceremony. Photo: Edwina Pickles

The king came, walking among commoners seated on the floor, their feet bare or clad in compression stockings. His velvet and fur cloak was so long he stepped backwards from his polished black limousine, so two young attendants might hold aloft the train.

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