Prince Ata

Tongan prince

Prince Ata of Tonga

Born

(1988-04-27) 27 April 1988 (age 35)
Nukuʻalofa

Names
Viliami ʻUnuaki-ʻo-Tonga Lalaka moe ʻEiki Tukuʻaho, Prince Ata

House

Tupou

Father

Tupou VI

Mother

Nanasipau'u

Religion

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Tongan royal family

The King The Queen The Crown Prince The Crown Princess Prince Taufaʻahau Manumataongo Princess Halaevalu Mataʻaho Princess Nanasipauʻu Eliana Princess Salote Mafile’o Pilolevu Princess Lātūfuipeka Prince Viliami, The 8th Prince Ata The Princess Royal, The Lady Tuita Siosaʻia, The 9th Lord Tuita Sālote Lupepau'u Tuita 'Epeli Taione Phaedra Anaseini Titilupe Fanetupouvava'u Tuita Siaosi Kiu Tau-ki-Vailahi Kaho Simon Tu'ivakano Michaela Tu'ivakano Fatafehi Tu'ivakano Frederica Lupe'Uluiva Tuita Johnny Filipe Latu'alaifotu'aika Fahina Lupeolo Halaevalu Tuita The Hon. Dowager Lady Ma’atu The Prince Tungi Fatafehi Sione Ikamafana ‘Etani Ha’amea Tupoulahi Salote Maumautaimi Tuku'aho
Extended family
Princess Fifita Holeva Tuʻihaʻangana Princess Sinaitakala Fakafanua Fatafehi, The 8th Lord Fakafanua Fakaola Fakafānua
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Prince Ata (Viliami 'Unaki-'o-'Tonga Lalaka moe 'Eiki Tuku'aho; born 27 April 1988 in Nukuʻalofa) is a Tongan royal and Prince of Tonga, younger son of Tupou VI, King of Tonga.

Biography

Ata is the son of Tupou VI, King of Tonga, and Queen Nanasipauʻu Tukuʻaho. He has a brother Crown Prince Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala and a sister Princess Lātūfuipeka Tukuʻaho. He belongs to the line of succession to the Tongan throne and he is not married. He was appointed to the title of Ata in September 2006.^[1]

He was educated at Canberra Grammar, Canberra, A.C.T., Australia.^[2]

In 2014 King Tupou VI sent Prime Minister Sialeʻataongo Tuʻivakanō and a group of soldiers to a church in Haveluloto to prevent him from being baptized as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.^[3] In 2015, he became a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in a ceremony in Hawaii without his father's knowledge.^[4]^[5]

Title, styles and honours

Styles of Prince Ata of Tonga

Reference style	His Royal Highness
Spoken style	Your Royal Highness

Title

27 April 1988 – present: His Royal Highness Prince Ata of Tonga^{[citation needed]}

Honours

National Honours

Tonga: Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Royal Order of Pouono^[6]
Tonga: Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Queen Salote Tupou III^[7]
Tonga: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Tonga^[8]
Tonga: Recipient of the King Tupou VI Coronation Medal^[6]
Tonga: Recipient of the King George Tupou V Coronation Medal^[7]

References

^ "King's second son's noble rights announced in Tonga Gazette". Asia Pacific Report. 3 January 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
^ "Tupouto'a Lavaka, Tonga's new Crown Prince". Matangi Tonga. 27 September 2006. Archived from the original on 3 November 2006.
^ "King sends PM to stop Prince Ata's christening into Mormon Church". Kaniva Tonga. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
^ Latu, Kalino (3 March 2015). "Prince Ata baptised". New Zealand Kaniva Pacific. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
^ Kreis, Bridget (3 March 2015). "Tongan Prince Baptized in Mormon Church Against Father's Wishes". LDS.net. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ ^a ^b http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44882000/jpg/_44882094_dignitaries_ap.jpg ^{[bare URL image file]}
^ Dignitaires

Lines of succession
Prince Ata House of Tupou Born: 27 September 1988
Preceded by Princess Salote Mafile'o Pilolevu	Succession to the Tongan throne 6th position	Succeeded by Princess Lātūfuipeka
Titles of nobility
Preceded by Prince Lavaka Ata ʻUlukālala	15th Chief ʻAta 25 Sept 2006 –	Incumbent