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Japan's former princess leaves for US with commoner husband

15 November 2021
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2021-11-15 10:55

A Japanese princess who gave up the throne to marry her commoner college sweetheart left for New York on Sunday. The departure of Mako Komuro, the former Princess Mako, and Kei Komuro, both 30, as they boarded their plane amid a flurry of camera flashes at Haneda airport in Tokyo. Kei Komuro, a graduate of Fordham University law school, has a job at a New York law firm. Mako is the niece of Emperor Naruhito, who also married a commoner, Masako.

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