Mako Kei Komuro wedding: Japan's Princess Mako has tied the marital knot with her college sweetheart Kei Komuro. With this development, she has lost her royal status as under Japanese law, female imperial family members give up their status upon marriage if they get married to a "commoner". This, however, isn't applicable to male members.
Here's all you need to know about the wedding
The former princess had got engaged to Mr Komuro in 2017. The two were supposed to get married the following year but it got delayed.
According to palace officials, Mako has refused to accept the ¥140 million ($1.23 million) dowry she is entitled to. In fact, this makes her the first imperial family member since World War II to not receive the payment while marrying a commoner. Mako skipped the usual rites of a royal wedding also.
Mr Komuro works as a lawyer in USA. That's where the couple will shift to.
Some people protested against the couple's marriage which compelled Mako to apologise for any trouble that was brought to people by her marriage.
"I am very sorry for the inconvenience caused and I am grateful for those... who have continued to support me," she said, according to an NHK report. "For me, Kei is irreplaceable - marriage was a necessary choice for us."
Mako was born on October 23 in 1991. She is the first child of the current emperor's younger brother, Prince Akishino, and his wife, Princess Kiko. She has a younger sister and brother too.
She had first met Komuro at a meeting which comprised students planning to go abroad in 2012, as per report.
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