Finding true love isn't easy, so when it comes our way, sometimes we have to take risks and that's exactly what Princess Ayako of Japan is doing. The 27-year-old princess is giving up her royal title to marry 32-year-old Kei Moriya in the Fall. In an official statement released on Tuesday by Japan's Imperial Household, it was announced that Ayako will leave the Imperial family as soon as she and Kei exchange vows. The couple will reportedly tie the knot on Oct. 12 at Meji Jingu Shrine in Tokyo.
Kei currently works for Japanese shipping firm Nky Line, while Ayako is the daughter of Prince Takamado, who passed away in 2002. The pair met less than a year ago through their parents who worked together at a non-governmental organization.
Ayako will be the second Japanese princess to give up her royal title for true love in the last two years. Princess Mako...
Kei currently works for Japanese shipping firm Nky Line, while Ayako is the daughter of Prince Takamado, who passed away in 2002. The pair met less than a year ago through their parents who worked together at a non-governmental organization.
Ayako will be the second Japanese princess to give up her royal title for true love in the last two years. Princess Mako...
- 6/26/2018
- by Monica Sisavat
- Popsugar.com
If a female member of the Japanese imperial family wishes to marry a commoner, she often must make a seemingly impossible choice. If she marries the person she loves, she will lose her royal status and position in her family.
Princess Mako is the latest royal to announce her intention to marry her commoner fiancé and lose her place in the imperial family. She officially announced her engagement to her university boyfriend Kei Komuro in September 2017. But this week, the couple said they decided to postpone their wedding until 2020 due to “immaturity,” meaning Mako will remain a princess until then.
Princess Mako is the latest royal to announce her intention to marry her commoner fiancé and lose her place in the imperial family. She officially announced her engagement to her university boyfriend Kei Komuro in September 2017. But this week, the couple said they decided to postpone their wedding until 2020 due to “immaturity,” meaning Mako will remain a princess until then.
- 2/7/2018
- by Diana Pearl
- PEOPLE.com
Japan’s Princess Mako made headlines when she decided to give up her royal status to marry her college sweetheart, Kei Komuro, last year. But now, the fairy tale has hit a snag, with the couple announcing Tuesday that they are postponing their wedding due to “immaturity.”
“It is because of our immaturity and we just regret it,” the couple said in a statement, according to CNN. “I wish to think about marriage more deeply and concretely and give sufficient time to prepare our marriage and for after the marriage.”
Here are six things to know about Mako and her unconventional romance.
“It is because of our immaturity and we just regret it,” the couple said in a statement, according to CNN. “I wish to think about marriage more deeply and concretely and give sufficient time to prepare our marriage and for after the marriage.”
Here are six things to know about Mako and her unconventional romance.
- 2/7/2018
- by Erin Hill
- PEOPLE.com
Update: This fairy tale wedding may not be happening as soon as we first thought. Princess Mako and graduate student Kei Komuro announced that they are postponing their ceremony until further notice. "It is because of our immaturity and we just regret it," the couple said in a statement to CNN. "I wish to think about marriage more deeply and concretely and give sufficient time to prepare our marriage and for after the marriage." ———— This princess has found her prince—sort of. In a real-life story that could pass for a modern Disney tale, Japan's 25-year-old Princess Mako of of Akishino is planning to get engaged to...
- 2/7/2018
- E! Online
Princess Mako’s fairy tale ending will have to wait.
The 26-year-old eldest daughter of Japan’s Prince Akishino and granddaughter of Emperor Akihito is postponing her marriage to Kei Komuro — a graduate student who works at a law firm.
“It is because of our immaturity and we just regret it,” the couple said in a statement, according to CNN. “I wish to think about marriage more deeply and concretely and give sufficient time to prepare our marriage and for after the marriage.”
Last spring, Mako famously announced she was giving up her royal status to marry her college sweetheart,...
The 26-year-old eldest daughter of Japan’s Prince Akishino and granddaughter of Emperor Akihito is postponing her marriage to Kei Komuro — a graduate student who works at a law firm.
“It is because of our immaturity and we just regret it,” the couple said in a statement, according to CNN. “I wish to think about marriage more deeply and concretely and give sufficient time to prepare our marriage and for after the marriage.”
Last spring, Mako famously announced she was giving up her royal status to marry her college sweetheart,...
- 2/6/2018
- by Erin Hill
- PEOPLE.com
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