King of Tonga’s fashion sense remembered
Tonga’s King George Tupou V, who died March 18, 2012, helped bring democracy to Polynesia’s last monarchy — and was also known for his elaborate uniforms.
Newly crowned King George Tupou V of Tonga wears a maroon-coloured cape trimmed with white ermine fur and a three meter-long train carried by child pages as he emerges from his lavish Christian coronation ceremony at the Centenary Free Wesleyan Church in Nuku’alofa on August 1, 2008.
PETER HALMAGYI