- The Money Is All Gone in Tonga, And the Jester’s Role Was No Joke (NYT, Oct. 2001)
- Jesse Bogdonoff (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia:
“Bogdonoff’s status as official court jester of Tupou’s court made sensational news copy when the financial scandal hit the media in 2001. Tonga was the first royal court to appoint a court jester in modern times, being appointed in 1999.”