Key Sentence:
- Japanese princess Mako marries her college sweetheart, Kay Komuro, and loses her royal status.
- Under Japanese law, female members from the imperial family lose their status in marriage to “ordinary men,” but males do not.
Japanese Princess Mako also skipped the usual royal wedding ceremony and refused payments offered to royal women when they left the family.
After marriage, the couple is expect to move to the United States, where Mr. Komuro works as a lawyer. The move inevitably led to comparisons with British royals Megan Markle and Prince Harry, earning the newlyweds the nickname “Harry and Megan of Japan.”
Like Ms. Markle, Mr. Komuro has been under intense scrutiny since his relationship with Ms. Mako was announce. In addition, he was last criticize for wearing a tail when he return to Japan. Some tabloids and social media users believe that her hairstyle, which is consider unconventional in Japan, is unsuitable for someone preparing for a princess wedding.
There were also protests against the couple’s wedding on Tuesday.
At a press conference on Tuesday, Mako said she apologized for all the trouble her marriage caused. Mr. Komuro added that he loved Ms. Mako and wanted to spend her life with him. I love Mako. According to an AFP report, we only have one life, and I want to spend it with what we love,” Komuro said. “I am deeply saddened that Mako is in poor mental and physical condition due to the false accusations.”
Princess Mako left her Tokyo residence on Tuesday (01:00 GMT) around 10:00 local time to register her marriage and bowed several times to her parents, heir to the throne Fumihito and Princess Kiko. He also hugged his little sister before leaving, Kyodo said.
Over the years, there has been excessive media coverage of the couple, resulting in the princess who has post-traumatic stress disorder, the Imperial Household Agency (IHA) previously announced.
Their relationship has been the subject of controversy in the country.
People were filmed Tuesday protesting their wedding in a Japanese garden. Japanese Princess Mako Many slogans emerged that brought Pak Komuro’s family – especially his mother – into financial trouble. The former princess got engage to Mr. Komuro in 2017, and the two were supposed to wed the following year. However, the marriage was postponed after allegations that Komuro’s mother was in financial trouble. She reportedly took a loan from her ex-fiancé and did not pay it back.
The palace denied the delay, although Crown Prince Fumihito said financial matters had to be resolved before the couple married.
According to the Tokyo correspondent Rupert Wingfield-Hayes. The real reason for the hostility towards Komuro is that some conservative Japanese believe he is not a worthy match for the emperor’s nephew. Mr. Komuro – who received a job offer from a leading New York law firm. Comes from a humble background, and the local tabloids have spent years digging up the dirt in his family, including allegations against his mother.