Gianna Silva’s Reviews > Princess Kaiulani of Hawaii: The Monarchy's Last Hope by Zambucka, Kristin(March 1, 2005) Paperback > Status Update

Now that the Hawaiian monarchy has been taken over, it is interesting to find out that King Kalākaua and Queen Liliuokalani both were in favor of Ka’iulani being betrothed to the Japanese Prince, Komatsu, so that the alliance between Japan and Hawai’i could have helped keep the monarchy alive. But also does that mean that certain events could have been prevented altogether had that course of action been taken?