Tonga's King, Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, is gravely ill in an Auckland hospital, Associated Press has reported the nation's Prime Minister as saying.
Prime Minister Feleti Sevele announced the ailing 88-year-old king's failing health in a special broadcast that interrupted regular late-night programmes on Radio Tonga and Television Tonga.
Sevele said
Tonga's King 'gravely ill'
Tonga's King, Taufa'ahau Tupou IV at his birthday celebrations in July. Picture / Dean Purcell
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