ROYAL ROMANCE : JAPAN'S Princess Mako has ditched her royal status and married her university sweetheart Kei Komuro.

The 30-year-old tied the knot with her "commoner" husband on Tuesday morning after the pair announced their engagement back in 2017

Under Japanese law, female imperial family members are forced to give up their royal title if they wed a "commoner" - although males do not have to.

Princess Mako decided to go ahead with the wedding despite this and controversy that followed her engagement.

The princess, Emperor Naruhito's niece, had her marriage registered without traditional rites and turned down a large payment of around 140 million yen (£900,000) offered to royal females upon their departure from the family.

She is the first women in Japan's post-war history to do so.

Mako has now taken the surname of her husband and become Mako Komuro - the first time she has had a family name.

In Japan's imperial family, only male members are given household names, while female members only have titles.

It's understood the couple plan to move to the US following their wedding, where Mr Komuro works as a lawyer.

He moved to New York in 2018 to attend law school, returning to Japan last month sporting a ponytail - which sparked widespread criticism.

On Tuesday morning - 10am local time - Mako left the palace wearing a pale blue dress and holding a bouquet.

She bowed outside the residence of her parents, Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, and her sister Kako, and then the sisters hugged each other.

The low-key ceremony, however, sparked protests against their marriage as the princess called it a "necessary choice".

"I am very sorry for the inconvenience caused and I am grateful for those... who have continued to support me," she said, reports NHK.

"For me, Kei is irreplaceable - marriage was a necessary choice for us."

The pair were due to marry in 2018, but it was postponed following claims Mr Kumuro's mother had taken a loan from her ex-partner and not paid him back.

Mr Komuro met the princess when she sat behind him at a campus meeting almost 10 years ago at Tokyo's International Christian University, where they graduated.

'SINCERE & STRONG-MINDED'

Announcing her engagement in 2017, Mako said; "First I was attracted by his bright smiles like the sun.

"He is a sincere, strong-minded, hard worker, and he has a big heart.

"Having a family still goes beyond my imagination, but I hope to make one that is warm, comfortable and filled with smiles."

Excessive media coverage of the couple in the years since caused the princess to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, the Imperial Household Agency previously said.

The Imperial House Law allows only male succession and requires women to renounce their royal status when they marry a commoner, a practice that has reduced the number of royal family members and the successors to the throne.

After Naruhito, there are only Akishino and his son, Prince Hisahito, in the line of succession.

A panel of government-appointed experts are discussing a stable succession of the Japanese monarchy, but conservatives still reject female succession or allowing female members to head the imperial family.

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. Under Japanese law, female imperial family members are forced to give up their royal title if they wed a "commoner" - although males do not have to.

I love this Japanese law.

What a brave decision to make!
Her husband will probably live the rest of his life trying to make the sacrifice worth it.

Damnnn niggar
Hmmmm.....this story is making me emotionaaaal


We must accept love whichever way it finds us...

If na Naija na.....we go say she abandon royalty because of gbola
Then some people go come shout....haaaa...nor be small thing gbola dey do o

SLAWORMIIR .... BOMB JAPANESE CLIENT NA ... MAKE EVERYTHING BURST UNDER 2 SECONDS .... ABI CHINESE Q.Q AND CHINESE YEN NO DEY TAYA YOU? ... HOW I WISH DOES FEMINIST FOR NAIJA FOR FIT FOLLOW THE PATH.

Naija girls left the group chat

Effects of love. She's more concerned about her happiness than that of the Royal family.

One brainless person will say I love him but my family won't allow me to marry him. If you truly love the person you got to make hard choice.

Righteousness2:
She Gave it all to Marry the Love of her Life.
She Left all the royal Privileges , rights and ease to say " Yes I do" to the Love of her Life.

What are you willing to let go for the Sake of JESUS Christ the one who Loves and Paid the Price for your Salvation?

Are you willing to let go of the World and all it's Entanglements For JESUS Christ?

Are you willing to Stand in the Face adversity, trials, temptations, hunger, Pains for JESUS Christ?

The Attitude and response of the Princess should be our attitude and response to JESUS if we wanna make Eternal life.

Be Ready to give all For it takes for JESUS Christ even it comes to your life. What Heaven has for us is Greater than anything we can have here on Earth.

Your assertions hit better on bad news.

Don't instantiate the couple with Christian belief cos they are most likely not Christians

Waiting for Nigerian girls to do the same

Love is blind in action

It can only happen in a saner country, not here in nigeria...

Our northern fathers from royal family have already married out their 1 month old daughter to another aboki before she would be spotted..

TRUE-LOVE

Glorious!

She sacrifice it all for love.
Can you do the same?

The guy almost married a princess

Brainlight:
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c an a Nigerian lady do this

"The courage it takes to love is the same courage it takes to go to war" from Money heist

Congratulations to her

And what if the guy divorce her

If dem born the man well , make he do anyhow.......the woman will kill him, without thinking twice.....

Love is sweet

She no see me come marry

No Nigerian slay queen will try this shit

D is so sweet Aje

this is truely beautiful and romantic to beheld

[quote author=Nukilia post=107088933]Waiting for Nigerian girls to do the same [/quote


Lol

You call someone a “commoner” because of what? Your money, fame?. Those things don’t make you super-humans but love does instead. Happy that this princess has chosen love over those titles. Congratulations to them. Only love can break all the impediments humans have created in this life

mariahAngel:
What a brave decision to make!
Her husband will probably live the rest of his life trying to make the sacrifice worth it.

I doubt that. They are in the US Anything can Happen and the lady won't still feel entitled!

I don't even know why I booked this space.
I have nothing reasonable to contribute to this topic.

Accept my apologies.

Nukilia:
Waiting for Nigerian girls to do the same

Even our local gorment chairman's daughter no go gree wan marry 'common man'

Touching..