text: its not for me to say. There is a longheld saying in Royal succession, "The man does not choose the crown... the crown chooses the man".
  
  historically whenever someone proclaims himself monarch his reign is short and his end is unkind.
  
  I was appointed Minister of Information, Deputy Interior Minister and a Member of The Privy Council based on my loyalty to crown and country, hard work, courage, determination and commitment to the restoration of the Hawaiian Kingdom. This is the role I humbly serve.
  
  Even though though I am mamo o na mo'i ali'i of pa'ao, pi'ilani, pai'ea kamehameha and ka'ahumanu as well as the royal and noble lines of Germany, England and Scotland through my 4th great grandfather's marriage to kamehameha's granddaughter ali'i nui wahine papapaunau'apu, I serve the kuleana that pai'ea and ka'ahumanu have laid before me, the kuleana to assist in the restoration of Hawai'i in whatever ways I can.
  
  pono