Extraordinary Gazette
p. 35 · Read in the full issue
Monday, Ist December
TAUFA’AHAU TUPOU IV, by the Grace of God, King of the Kingdom of Tonga, to all to whom these greetings shall come, Greeting: WHEREAS by law and by custom of Our Kingdom it is unlawful for any member of Our Royal Family to marry any person without Our Royal Consent and that if such marriage is thus celebrated that marriage is void and of no legal effect within Our Kingdom.
NOW therefore, WE, by and with the advice and consent of Our Privy Council,
Do Hereby Notify And Proclaim
that WE DID NOT and DO NOT GIVE Our Royal Consent to the purported marriage, celebrated in Auckland, New Zealand on the 28th day of October 1969, of Our Beloved Niece Siuilikutapu, daughter of Our Most Beloved Brother Tu’ipelehake.
WHEREOF let all men take notice and govern themselves accordingly.
Made at the Palace, Nuku’alofa, this 28th day of November, 1969.