London, December 2012. The Chancery was saddened to learn of the conclusion of the diplomatic mission of HE Ms Barbara Tuge-Erecinska as Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to the Court of St James’s.
Ambassador Barbara Tuge-Erecinska, who has now returned to Warsaw, was invested into the Constantinian Order in May 2012 as a Dame Grand Cross of Merit at a ceremony conducted at the Polish Embassy in London by HE Count Andrzej Ciechanowiecki, Delegate for Poland of the Constantinian Order.
The Chancery also notes with further sadness the departure of HE Dr Sione Ngongo Kioa, High Commissioner of the Kingdom of Tonga to the Court of St James’s and Ambassador to the Italian Republic and his wife Mrs Victorina Laukaupo’uli Afeaki Kioa following the conclusion of their mission. Dr Kioa, a Knight Commander of the Royal Order of Francis I and his wife, a Gold Benemerenti Medal has returned home to the Tongan capital of Nuku’alofa.