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<figure class="aligncenter size-large"><a href="https://commonplacefacts.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/salote-1.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="712" data-permalink="https://commonplacefacts.com/2014/11/20/a-royal-snack/salote-1/" data-orig-file="https://commonplacefacts.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/salote-1.jpg" data-orig-size="608,457" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="salote 1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;Queen Salote of Tonga and her Foreign Minister&lt;/p&gt;
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<p>Second only to <a href="https://commonplacefacts.com/tag/elizabeth-ii/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Elizabeth II</a> herself, the star attraction at the 1953 Coronation was the massive Queen of <a href="https://commonplacefacts.com/tag/Tonga/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tonga</a>, Salote Tupou III. As she rode by in an open carriage with her comparatively-small foreign minister, someone asked Noel Coward who the foreign minister was. Coward responded, &#8220;Her lunch.&#8221;</p>



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