On 2 August 2010, Salote accompanied the Tongan Director of Tourism at the World Expo in Shanghai to help boost tourism for Tonga. In June 2013, as Patron of Tupou High School, she organised the 50th year celebrations of the school. On 20 November 2013, she hosted the party for the 15th year anniversary of diplomatic relations between Tonga and China; guests invited to enhance the relationship were: Li Baodong, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs and Li Xiaolin, Chairman of the China Power Investment Corporation. Sometimes solo or accompanied by either her husband or members of the royal family, She inaugurates schools, centres, and new attractions. Also sometimes alone or in the company of members of the royal family, Salote carries out official visits abroad. She attends events in Tonga, such as: Coronations, Military Parades, Christenings, Weddings and Birthdays.
Regent
Until the accession of her youngest brother, King Tupou VI She had been appointed as automatic regent in his absence up until on 11 March her brother King Tupou abolished the regency, the official statement was: "His Majesty has decided that there will not be a Regent appointed during his absence as the new Constitutional arrangements make such an appointment unnecessary"; She had served as Regent 4 times. ;2008
On 29 May she announced that the government would introduce a political reform bill by June 2008
On 6 November she delivered the closing address of the year to the parliament.
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On 14 November she led the Memorial Day march and inspected the H.M's Armed Forces as Chief Commander.
The Princess Royal, with her husband, Tongan nobleman and diplomat, Hon. Siosaʻia Maʻulupekotofa, Lord Tuita of ʻUtungake, are the parents of four daughters:
Hon. Sālote Lupepau'u Salamasina Purea Vahine Arii 'Oe Hau Tuita. It was arranged that she should marry the son of a Tongan nobleman, Lord Fusitu'a, from whom she divorced in 2008. They have one daughter, Hon. Phaedra Anaseini Tupouveihola Ikaleti Olo-'i-Fangatapu Fusituʻa. She married a commoner, a former 'Ikale Tahi rugby player Epeli Taione in a private wedding ceremony in Fiji on 17 August 2013.
Hon. Titilupe Fanetupouvava'u Tuita Tu'ivakano, was formerly engaged to the grandson of the deceased head of state of SamoaMalietoa Tanumafili II. The engagement was later called off due to reasons known only to the two families. Fanetupouvava'u was then also later arranged to be married to a son of another Tongan noble, the present prime minister of Tonga, Sialeʻataongo Tuʻivakanō. They both have three children together, Hon. Simon Ma'ulupekotofa, Hon. Michaela and Hon. Fatafehi.
Hon. Frederica Lupe'uluiva Fatafehi 'o Lapaha Tuita Filipe, or known as Frederica Filipe like her older sister Lupepau'u she married a commoner, who is a son of a Tongan businessman Sione Mateialona Filipe last year in Auckland, New Zealand, 10 August 2013. Frederica gave birth in October 2014 to a baby girl called Latu'alaifotu'aika Fahina e Paepae Tian Tian Filipe.
Hon. Lupeolo Halaevalu Moheofo Virginia Rose Tuita 'Aleamotu'a. Married to Lopeti Aleamotu’a in June 2016.
and a son, whom they adopted from her brother Prince Fatafehi ʻAlaivahamamaʻo Tukuʻaho :
The Hon. Fatafehi Sione Ikamafana Tānekinga ʻo Tonga Tuku'aho
Titles, styles and honours
Titles
14 November 1951 – 16 December 1966: Her Royal Highness Princess Salote Mafile'o Pilolevu of Tonga
16 December 1966 – 18 March 2012: Her Royal Highness The Princess Salote Mafile'o Pilolevu, The Princess Royal of Tonga, Lady Tuita of 'Utungake
18 March 2012 – present: Her Royal Highness The Princess Salote Mafile'o Pilolevu of Tonga, The Princess Royal of Tonga, The Lady Tuita of 'Utungake
