Tuvalu Order of Merit

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]

Tuvalu Order of Merit
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

Discussion of award

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^{[citation needed]} 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]

Recipients

Tuvalu Order of Merit

• William, Prince of Wales - 30 October 2017^[2]
• Catherine, Princess of Wales - 30 October 2017^{[citation needed]}

Medal of the Tuvalu Order of Merit

• Major General Alastair Bruce of Crionaich - 19 July 2017