Japanese Princess Mako quietly married a commoner, Kei Komuro, costing Mako her royal status. She has taken her husband's surname — the first time she has had a family name, according to media reports.
According to USA Today, Mako, 30, said the marriage — delayed three years and called unfit by some — "was a necessary choice to live while cherishing our hearts.”
Mako is a niece of Emperor Naruhito. She and Komuro, who were classmates at Tokyo’s International Christian University, announced in September 2017 that they intended to marry the following year, but a financial dispute involving his mother surfaced two months later and the wedding was suspended.
Telegraph reports that since announcing their engagement in 2017, the couple have faced tabloid scandals over reports that Mr Komuro's family had run into financial difficulties.
Komuro, 30, left for New York in 2018 to study law and only returned to Japan last month. The couple will move together to New York to start a new life.
Like other women in Japan's imperial family, Princess Mako, Emperor Naruhito's niece, cannot ascend the Chrysanthemum Throne, and the princess will also lose her title because she is marrying a commoner, Telegraph submits.
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