Dalai Lama Has Tea With a Princess in Honolulu

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After leaving Bishop Museum the Dalai Lama took a tour of Iolani Palace, the only royal palace in the United States. He was escorted by Kippen de Alba Chu, executive director of the Friends of Iolani Palace.

The tour included the Blue Room, the Dining Room, the Grand Hall and the Imprisonment Room, where Queen Liliuokalani was imprisoned after the Hawaiian monarchy was overthrown in 1893.

The Dalai Lama concluded his visit at the palace by having tea with Princess Abigail Kawananakoa, a descendant of King David Kalakaua.

The princess made headlines a few years back when she posed for a Life magazine photographer by sitting on a fragile, 115-year-old throne.

—Chad Blair

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