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Sālote Tupou III
Sālote Tupou III was queen of Tonga from 1918 to 1965. She strengthened the monarchy while Tonga was a British protected state, promoted education and health, and settled divisions among the Methodist churches. She became widely admired abroad after riding in an open carriage through the rain at the coronation of Elizabeth II in 1953.
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