Tuvalu Order of Merit | |
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![]() Obverse of order | |
Awarded by the![]() Monarch of Tuvalu | |
Type | Order of Merit |
Status | Currently constituted |
Founder | Elizabeth II |
Sovereign | Charles III |
Precedence | |
Next (higher) | None |
Next (lower) | None |
![]() Ribbon bar of the order |
The Tuvalu Order of Merit is an order of merit of Tuvalu. It was founded on 1 October 2016, on the 38th anniversary of Tuvaluan independence; with $30,000 for the award allocated in the Tuvalu 2017 National Budget.[1]
At Kensington Palace on 30 October 2017, Prince William received His Excellency Sir Iftikhar Ayaz (Honorary Consul-General of Tuvalu) who invested His Royal Highness and the then Duchess of Cambridge with the Tuvalu Order of Merit on behalf of the Governor-General of Tuvalu.[2] The award was given to the Prince and Princess of Wales in recognition of their visit to Tuvalu as part of the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.[3]