Worldwide media coverage of onetime Japanese Princess Mako’s so-called “royal wedding” has it backward. Mako’s spartan civil ceremony, naked of pomp and circumstance, marks a reverse-storybook transformation from Princess Mako…
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Japan’s Princess Mako marries commoner in subdued end to royal saga
HONG KONG — This royal wedding was an untypically understated affair. When Princess Mako of Japan, Emperor Naruhito’s niece and the daughter of his younger brother, Crown Prince Fumihito, wed…
Japanese Princess Mako wedding cost her royal status as she married commoner Kei Komuro
TOKYO — Japanese Princess Mako quietly married a commoner without traditional wedding celebrations Tuesday and said their marriage – delayed three years and opposed by some – “was a necessary…
Japan’s Princess Mako wedding to commoner Kei Komuro: Royal forfeits her status, registered as regular citizen
Japan’s Princess Mako is no longer a royal after finally marrying her university sweetheart today, forfeiting her status in the process. The niece of Emperor Naruhito and her fiance Kei…
Japan’s Princess Mako is going ahead with wedding to commoner Kei Komuro. Not everyone approves
But since Japan’s Princess Mako and Kei Komuro announced their engagement in 2017, their union has been mired in scandal, public disapproval and tabloid frenzy. A ponytail may not cause…