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Tonga
For King and Country
The Kingdom of Tonga won a romantic place in the British imagination 30 years ago when its monarch, Queen Salote, paraded at the coronation of Britain's own Queen in London.
On that day a popular legend was bom: a British daydream of a palm-fringed kingdom where an island people, untouched by progress and materialism, lived in simple harmony under the wise and benevolent rule of the Polynesian Royal Family. But Tonga today - the real Tonga - is a troubled place. Michael Dean examines the tensions and contradictions of this Pacific kingdom. Producer MERATA MITA
Series editor ANTHONY ISAACS

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Unknown:
Michael Dean
Editor:
Anthony Isaacs
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