[6] After her death, the Chiefs in Tonga urged King George Tupou II for many years to remarry to produce a male heir.

Queen Anaseni gave birth twice, both girls: Princess ʻOnelua (born 20 March 1911; died of convulsions aged six months, on 19 August 1911) and Princess ʻElisiva Fusipala Taukiʻonetuku (born 26 July 1912; died from tubercular peritonitis on 21 April 1933 aged 20).

Queen Takipō had not given birth to a son and hence according to the Constitution of 1875, after her fifteenth birthday, Sālote became the heir presumptive to the Tongan throne.

Her marriage had been a political masterstroke by her father, as Tungī was a direct descendant of the Tu‘i Ha‘atakalaua.

[14] In 1920–1921, she assisted the Bernice P. Bishop Museum's Bayard Dominick Expedition with their mapping of Tongan archaeological sites by providing access to localities and information.

She was also a keen writer and author of dance songs and love poems, published in 2004, edited by her biographer, Elizabeth Wood-Ellem.

Owing to his influence on Sālote, Page was described as a form of power behind the throne by historian Sione Lātūkefu.

[19][20] She brought Tonga to international attention when, during her sole visit to Europe, she attended the 1953 coronation of Elizabeth II in London.

As Tongan custom dictates that one should not imitate the actions of persons one is honouring,[21] she refused a hood and rode through the pouring rain in an open carriage with Sultan Ibrahim of Kelantan, endearing herself to spectators.

Ten thousand children were allowed to enter the palace grounds and wave at the Queen as she sat on the verandah.