Tokyo: Japan’s princess Mako married her university sweetheart, but it was a low-key union bereft of traditional rituals, with the couple voicing sadness over the controversy that haunted their engagement.
Under the rules of the imperial family, Emperor Naruhito’s 30-year-old niece Mako gave up her royal title as she wed Kei Komuro, who is the same age and works for a US law firm.
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