Tongan king's body brought home for funeral

Monday 26 March 2012 18:33 EDT

The casket carrying the body of King George Tupou V is draped in the Tongan royal standard upon its arrival at Fua'amotu International Airport (AFP)

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Members of the Tongan royal family in traditional dress watch as pallbearers carry the casket of King George Tupou V from an aircraft at Fua'amotu airport yesterday.

Thousands of sombre Tongans, swathed in black, lined the Pacific island nation's roads to welcome home the body of their late king – an eccentric reformer who died in Hong Kong last week.

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