Kamehameha II and his wife Kamāmalu had…
July 1824 CE
In London the royal party have been fitted with the latest fashion and attended opera and ballet at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane.
Many ladies of London seek the patterns of the turban that adorns Kamāmalu's head.
She attracts attention because she stands over six feet tall and is strikingly beautiful.
She and her husband are the first Hawaiian monarchs to visit England.
While in London, Kamāmalu contracts measles and dies on July 8.
Six days later her grief-stricken husband also dies of the measles.
Their bodies are placed in coffins and taken back to Hawaii on HMS Blonde.
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