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Sālote Tupou III (13 March 1900 – 16 December 1965) served as the first queen regnant and the third monarch of Tonga from 1918 until her death in 1965. Photographed here c. 1910 by Herman J. Schmidt, in Auckland, New Zealand, she was the eldest daughter and heir of King George Tupou II of Tonga and his first wife Queen Lavinia Veiongo. Because of the lowly rank of her mother, she was not popular, and was disliked so much that it was unsafe for her to go outside the palace.Photograph credit: Herman John Schmidt, 1872-1959 ; restored by Adam Cuerden