A LIFE MORE ORDINARY
Nov 05, 2021
4 minutes
COMPILED BY NICI DE WET
‘SHE IS PREPARED TO MAKE FINANCIAL SACRIFICES TO PURSUE HER OWN PATH’
THEY’VE being dubbed Japan’s Meghan and Harry and the parallels are startling: a royal falls in love with a commoner and then rejects the wealth, status and privilege that comes with being a member of the monarchy and moves to America to start a new life.
The romance between Princess Mako, niece of the country’s Emperor Naruhito, and her commoner boyfriend, Kei Komuro – he of the rebellious ponytail and Western ways – has simultaneously gripped and divided Japan.
And recently, after years of controversy, the princess and the law graduate finally tied the knot in
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