No fairytale ending: why Japan’s Princess Mako is stepping down to marry a normal man
The princess has announced her engagement to a commoner – but the not-so-royal wedding is more like a necessity than a tale of love conquering all
Sep 04, 2017
1 minute
Name: Princess Mako.
Age: 25.
Appearance: regular-person-in-waiting.
What does that mean exactly? The emperor of Japan’s granddaughter has announced her engagement.
To whom? To 25-year-old law firm employee Kei Komuro.
He has “a smile like the sun”,
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