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'{{disputed|date=June 2018}} The '''Tuvalu Order of Merit''' is an [[order of merit]] of [[Tuvalu]]. It was founded in 1 October 2016, on the 38th anniversary of Tuvalan independence. {{Infobox order |title =Tuvalu Order of Merit |image = |caption = |awarded_by = the<br>[[File:Personal flag of Queen Elizabeth II.svg|30px]]<br>[[Queen of Tuvalu]] |type = [[Order (honour)|Order of Merit]] |motto = |day = |eligibility = |for = |status = Currently constituted |head_title = Sovereign |head = [[Elizabeth II]] |head2_title= |head2= |chancellor = |commander = |grades = |former_grades = |date = 1 October 2016 |first_induction = |last_induction = |total = |recipients = |individual = |higher = None |lower = None }} ==Discussion of award== British newspaper [[Daily Express]] reported in 2017 that the award was to be given to [[William, Duke of Cambridge|Prince William]] and his wife [[Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge|Catherine Middleton]] in recognition of their visit to Tuvalu as part of the [[Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II]].<ref name="Daily Express - 30 May 2017 - William and Kate to receive highest Tuvalu award... for just VISITING the nation">{{cite news|url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/786040/prince-william-and-kate-middleton-tuvalu-award-visit|title=William and Kate to receive highest Tuvalu award... for just VISITING the nation|last=Palmer|first=Richard|date=30 May 2017|work=[[Daily Express]]|publisher=[[Northern and Shell Media]]|accessdate=1 June 2018}}</ref> ==Current recipients== *[[William, Duke of Cambridge]] <ref name="Daily Mail - 5 November 2017 - Kate gets her first gong... from island sinking into the Pacific: Duchess of Cambridge receives award from Tuvalu for raising climate change awareness">{{cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5050631/Duchess-Cambridge-gets-gong-Tuvalu.html|title=Kate gets her first gong... from island sinking into the Pacific: Duchess of Cambridge receives award from Tuvalu for raising climate change awareness|last=Donovan|first=Ned|date=5 November 2017|work=[[Daily Mail]]|publisher=[[DMG Media]]|accessdate=1 June 2018}}</ref> *[[Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge]]<ref name="Daily Mail - 5 November 2017 - Kate gets her first gong... from island sinking into the Pacific: Duchess of Cambridge receives award from Tuvalu for raising climate change awareness">{{cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5050631/Duchess-Cambridge-gets-gong-Tuvalu.html|title=Kate gets her first gong... from island sinking into the Pacific: Duchess of Cambridge receives award from Tuvalu for raising climate change awareness|last=Donovan|first=Ned|date=5 November 2017|work=[[Daily Mail]]|publisher=[[DMG Media]]|accessdate=1 June 2018}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Tuvalu]]'