Breena Kerr // Judge rules Hawaiian princess unfit to manage $215m trust | US news | The Guardian

16.9.18

Judge rules Hawaiian princess unfit to manage $215m trust | US news | The Guardian: Kawānanakoa is regarded by many Native Hawaiians as a princess because she is a descendant of the royal family that ruled the islands before the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom in 1893. She’s also the great-granddaughter of sugar plantation owner James Campbell, a businessman who was one of Hawaii’s largest landowners and through whom Kawānanakoa has inherited her sizable estate, which includes ample real estate and cash assets. Kawānanakoa has led a mostly private and luxurious life, donating to her
favorite charities, and breeding American quarter horses, but also had a
reputation for quietly paying people’s bills. For years, she paid the
electricity bill at Honolulu’s Iolani Palace (the royal residence that’s
since become a museum) and would chip in when people came to her with
financial problems. In 2001, the heiress also established a $100m trust
aimed at supporting Native Hawaiian language, culture, art, education,
health and housing.