Tonga
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Two Days Royal Visit to Tonga
AT Nukualofa, Tonga, on October 13, Queen Salote made a sur prise announcement that Queen Elizabeth and Duke of Edinburgh would spend December 19 and 20 on Tongatabu.
It was originally planned that the Royal Party would spend only six hours of Sunday, December 20, at Nukualofa. The new arrangement gets Tonga out of the difficulty of deciding whether or not to break the Sabbath in favour of feasting and dancing, but will certainly re quire some rearrangement of plans in Fiji, where Gothic was scheduled to depart at 6.30 a.m., December 19.
However, the Royal Party could fly to Tonga in TEAL plane, which has been made available for the trip to Lautoka. This would take about 2i hours instead of 24 or so by sea.