Tupou IV, the ruler of Tonga, who became the country’s king in 1967, was the fourth longest-reigning monarch in the world and, according to the record books, was at one stage the heaviest. … Read full obituary
HAMILTON, New Zealand, Aug. 16 (UPI) — A weeklong period of mourning has been declared in New Zealand for Maori Queen Te Arikinui Te Atairangikaahu who died at age 75. … Read full obituary
Prince Tu’ipelehake (nephew of Tonga’s King Taufa’ahau Tupou IV) and his wife, Princess Kaimana, killed by a teenage driver.
A 15-year-old son of Bahrain’s king has been killed in an accident while driving a car, the Bahraini Royal Court says.
Prince Faisal, the sixth son of Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, died instantly after he lost control of the car he was driving and collided with a traffic light and billboard… Read full obituary
Prince Rainier III of Monaco, Europe’s longest-reigning monarch, died today at the age of 81 in a hospital overlooking the tiny state he turned into a billionaires’ paradise. …
The prince is expected to be buried next to his wife [Grace Kelly], who died after a car crash in 1982, following at least a week of mourning in the principality. … Read full obituary
Among them:
- Aussie footballer Troy Broadbridge;
- Poom Jensen, 21, grandson of Thai King Bhumipol Adulyadej;
- Lucy Attenborough, 14, granddaughter of director-actor Richard Attenborough (whose “daughter, Jane, and her mother-in-law are missing in Phuket”)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — A German statesman, a Czech supermodel and a Swedish Olympic ski champion were among the vacationers whose search for peace and sun in tropical southern Asia was shattered by the tsunamis that spared neither rich nor poor…. Read full story
Princess Alice, aunt of Queen Elizabeth II and the oldest member of the British royal family, has died aged 102, Buckingham Palace said Saturday. … Read full obituary
Britain’s Queen Mother, Elizabeth, who won the country’s loyalty and admiration during World War II at the side of King George VI, died in her sleep Saturday, Buckingham Palace said. She was 101 years old. … Read full obituary
See also: Princess Margaret
Princess Margaret, the younger sister of Queen Elizabeth, has died, Buckingham Palace announced Saturday. She was 71. … Read full obituary
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