Hawaii's 'last princess', 96, dies with her wife, 69, by her side



 Joe Pacheco / Bishop Museum

An elderly Hawaiian heiress who was the islands' so-called final princess has died at the age of 96. Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa (pictured) died Sunday at her Honolulu home with her wife Veronica Gail Kawānanakoa, 69, at her side. She was worth an estimated $215 million. The late royal's lineage included the royal family that once ruled the islands and an Irish businessman who became one of Hawaii's largest landowners.



'Abigail will be remembered for her love of Hawaii and its people,' her 69-year-old wife (pictured left) said in a statement, 'and I will miss her with all of my heart.'