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Public holiday for Crown Prince's 40th birthday

Nuku'alofa, Tonga

HRH Crown Prince Tupouto'a 'Ulukalala at The National Development Summit 2025. Nuku'alofa, Tonga. 18 March 2025. Photo: Matangi Tonga.

Tonga will observe a public holiday tomorrow, Wednesday, 17 September for the 40th birthday of Crown Prince Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala.

The Crown Prince, born on 17 September, 1985, is the eldest son of HM King Tupou VI and Queen Nanasipau'u, and is the first in line to the throne.

The Crown Prince and Crown Princess Sinaitakala Tukuʻaho have four children. A son, Prince Taufaʻahau Manumataongo, born 10 May in 2013; and three daughters Princess Halaevalu Mataʻaho, born on 12 July 2014, Princess Nanasipau’u born 20 March 2018, and Princess Salote Mafile’o Pilolevu, born 25 February 2021.