Prince Ata Explained

Prince Ata of Tonga
Full Name:Viliami ʻUnuaki-ʻo-Tonga Lalaka moe ʻEiki Tukuʻaho, Prince Ata
House:Tupou
Father:Tupou VI
Mother:Nanasipau'u
Birth Date:27 April 1988
Birth Place:Nukuʻalofa

Prince Ata (Viliami ʻUnakiʻotonga Lalaka moe ʻEiki Tukuʻaho; born 27 April 1988) is a member of the Tongan royal family and the younger son of Tupou VI, King of Tonga.

Biography

Ata is the son of Tupou VI, King of Tonga, and Queen Nanasipauʻu Tukuʻaho. He has two older siblings, Princess Lātūfuipeka Tukuʻaho and Crown Prince Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala. He belongs to the line of succession to the Tongan throne and is not married. He was appointed to the title of Ata in September 2006.[1]

He was educated at Canberra Grammar School in Australia.[2]

In 2014, King Tupou VI sent Prime Minister Sialeʻataongo Tuʻivakanō and a group of soldiers to a church in Haveluloto to prevent him from being baptized as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[3] The following year, he was baptised in the Church in a ceremony in Hawaii without his father's knowledge.[4] [5]

Title, styles and honours

Royal Name:Prince Ata of Tonga
Dipstyle:His Royal Highness
Offstyle:Your Royal Highness

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Honours

Notes and References

  1. Web site: King's second son's noble rights announced in Tonga Gazette . Asia Pacific Report . 3 January 2018 . 17 April 2022 . 26 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220526042822/https://asiapacificreport.nz/2018/01/03/kings-second-sons-noble-rights-announced-in-tonga-gazette/ . live .
  2. Web site: Tupouto'a Lavaka, Tonga's new Crown Prince . Matangi Tonga . 27 September 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061103043418/http://www.matangitonga.to/article/tonganews/royalty/tupoutoa_lavaka270906.shtml . 3 November 2006.
  3. Web site: King sends PM to stop Prince Ata's christening into Mormon Church . Kaniva Tonga . 29 October 2014 . 17 April 2022 . 1 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220301103415/https://www.kanivatonga.nz/2014/10/king-sends-pm-stop-prince-atas-christening-mormon-church/ . live .
  4. Web site: Latu. Kalino. Prince Ata baptised. 3 March 2015. New Zealand Kaniva Pacific. 23 October 2015. 13 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170213193627/http://nzkanivapacific.co.nz/2015/03/prince-ata-baptised-in-mormon-church-despite-kings-repeated-requests-to-postpone-ceremony/#.VP0cX_nF9nP. live.
  5. Web site: Kreis. Bridget. Tongan Prince Baptized in Mormon Church Against Father's Wishes. LDS.net. 3 March 2015. 23 October 2015. 25 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160825023701/http://lds.net/blog/hasten/tongan-prince-baptized-mormon-church-fathers-wishes/. live.
  6. Web site: Archived copy . 6 July 2015 . 7 July 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150707141938/http://matangitonga.to/sites/matangitonga.to/files/styles/article_slide/public/20150704_Visitors_1040310_pp.jpg?itok=rutBaFAv . dead .
  7. http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44882000/jpg/_44882094_dignitaries_ap.jpg Photo
  8. Web site: Dignitaires . 6 July 2015 . 3 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181003080207/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44882000/jpg/_44882094_dignitaries_ap.jpg . live .

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