This week, New York City welcomed a very special new resident: a woman formerly known as Princess Mako of Japan. Why formerly? In October, Mako married a nonroyal man whom the press keeps calling a commoner, thus surrendering her royal status. Its all very exciting but also pretty sad, and it reaffirms the fact that … Read more
Former Japanese Princess Mako moved to the United States on Sunday with her newlywed husband, commoner Kei Kumuro, after Mako exited Japan’s royal family, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported. The couple, who got married on October 26 in a subdued ceremony, departed from Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Sunday morning. They will rent an apartment in … Read more
Japan’s former princess Mako Komuro departed for the United States on Sunday with her husband, swapping ancient imperial rites for the bright lights of New York after leaving the royal family. The pair tied the knot in Tokyo last month in muted fashion, following years of tabloid gossip and online sniping over their union that … Read more
Meghan and Harry had a lavish wedding, gave that bombshell Oprah Winfrey interview and moved into a luxurious US$13 million mansion in Montecito, California But Princess Mako and Kei Komuro will give up the Imperial Households Akasaka Palace for a one bedroom New York flat, and are likely to vanish from the public eye. Princess … Read more