King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV 1918-2006

One of 29 remaining monarchs in the world today, the King of Tonga died yesterday. An old Newingtonian and a Sydney Uni law graduate, Siaosi Tāufaʻāhau Tupoulahi had been King since 1965, succeeding his mother, Queen Salote, who been Queen since 1918.

Tupou weighed in at times at over 200 kilograms.

Crown Prince Sia'osi Taufa'ahau Manumata'ogo Tuku'aho Tupou, a 58 year-old confirmed bachelor, is now King Taufa'ahau Tupou V.

Obituaries from the New Zealand Herald, New York Times, the Associated Press. I await the parochial Inner Western Sydney angle - there can't have been too many kings go through high school at Newington College.