Mako Queen. On October 26 2021 Japans Princess Mako married her former college classmate Kei Komuro. She will no longer be known as a princess under Japanese law female imperial members will have to forfeit their royal status upon marriage to a commoner.
10 royals who have married commoners. I Think Princess Mako of Akishino Is on the same level as Catherine Duchess of Cambridge Diana Princess of Wales Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Michelle Obama Jill Biden Princess Grace of Monaco Carla Bruni Queen Masenate Mohato Seeiso of Lesotho Queen Letizia of Spain Queen Máxima of the Netherlands Mary Crown Princess of Denmark Princess Paola of Belgium. The couple first announced their engagement four years ago but faced tabloid scandals over reports that Komuras family had run into financial difficulties.
Mako and her new husband plan to move to New York where they will follow another royal couple who moved to America.
Japans former Princess Mako left the elder daughter of Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko and her husband Kei Komuro bow to audience before a. Theres currently only one young successor to the throne Makos brother the 15-year-old Prince Hisahito. Japans Princess Mako has married her college sweetheart Kei Komuro. With marriage to Komuro Mako also foregoes her royal privileges and her title.