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Japan’s Princess Mako marries commoner Kei Komuro

By Associated Press

Oct. 26, 2021

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SHOHEI MIYANO/KYODO NEWS VIA AP

Kei Komuro, fiance of Japan's Princess Mako, leaves his home in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Tuesday, Oct. 26. Princess Mako and her commoner boyfriend Komuro tied the knot Tuesday without wedding celebration in a marriage that has split the public opinion over her would-be mother-in-law’s financial controversy.
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SHOHEI MIYANO/KYODO NEWS VIA AP

Kei Komuro, fiance of Japan's Princess Mako, leaves his home in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Tuesday, Oct. 26. Princess Mako and her commoner boyfriend Komuro tied the knot Tuesday without wedding celebration in a marriage that has split the public opinion over her would-be mother-in-law’s financial controversy.
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Japan's Princess Mako, right, talks with her parents Crown Prince Akishino, Crown Princess Kiko and her sister Princess Kako, third from left, before leaving her home in Akasaka Estate in Tokyo Tuesday, Oct. 26. Mako and her commoner boyfriend Kei Komuro tied the knot Tuesday without wedding celebration in a marriage that has split the public opinion over her would-be mother-in-law’s financial controversy.
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Japan's Princess Mako, right, hugs her sister Princess Kako, watched by her parents Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, before leaving her home in Akasaka Estate in Tokyo Tuesday, Oct. 26. Mako and her commoner boyfriend Kei Komuro tied the knot Tuesday without wedding celebration in a marriage that has split the public opinion over her would-be mother-in-law’s financial controversy.
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KOKI SENGOKU/KYODO NEWS VIA AP

Japan's Princess Mako bows before leaving her home in Akasaka Estate in Tokyo Tuesday, Oct. 26. Mako and her commoner boyfriend Kei Komuro tied the knot Tuesday without wedding celebration in a marriage that has split the public opinion over her would-be mother-in-law’s financial controversy. Standing in the background are from left, her parents Crown Prince Akishino, Crown Princess Kiko and her sister Princess Kako.
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KYODO NEWS VIA AP

Japan's Princess Mako, in a car, is waved by her parents Crown Prince Akishino, Crown Princess Kiko, center, and her sister Princess Kako before leaving her home in Akasaka Estate in Tokyo Tuesday, Oct. 26. Mako and her commoner boyfriend Kei Komuro tied the knot Tuesday without wedding celebration in a marriage that has split the public opinion over her would-be mother-in-law’s financial controversy.
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NICOLAS DATICHE/POOL PHOTO VIA AP

Japan's former Princess Mako, right, the elder daughter of Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, and her husband Kei Komuro, bow after a press conference to announce their marriage, at a hotel in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, Oct. 26. Former Princess Mako married the commoner and lost her royal status Tuesday in a union that has split public opinion after a three-year delay caused by a financial dispute involving her new mother-in-law.
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Japan's former Princess Mako, left, the elder daughter of Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, and her husband Kei Komuro, arrive for a press conference to announce their marriage, at a hotel in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, Oct. 26. Former Princess Mako married the commoner and lost her royal status Tuesday in a union that has split public opinion after a three-year delay caused by a financial dispute involving her new mother-in-law.
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Kei Komuro, the husband of Japan's former Princess Mako, attends a press conference to announce their marriage, at a hotel in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, Oct. 26. Former Princess Mako married the commoner and lost her royal status Tuesday in a union that has split public opinion after a three-year delay caused by a financial dispute involving her new mother-in-law.
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NICOLAS DATICHE/POOL PHOTO VIA AP

Japan's former Princess Mako, right, the elder daughter of Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, and her husband Kei Komuro, attend a press conference to announce their marriage, at a hotel in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, Oct. 26. Former Princess Mako married the commoner and lost her royal status Tuesday in a union that has split public opinion after a three-year delay caused by a financial dispute involving her new mother-in-law.
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NICOLAS DATICHE/POOL PHOTO VIA AP

Japan's former Princess Mako, right, the elder daughter of Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, and her husband Kei Komuro, pose during a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo, Japan, after they married, Tuesday, Oct. 26. Former Princess Mako married the commoner and lost her royal status Tuesday in a union that has split public opinion after a three-year delay caused by a financial dispute involving her new mother-in-law.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS

A passerby watches a mobile phone showing a press conference of former Princess Mako, niece of Emperor Naruhito, speaking during a press conference with her husband Kei Komuro after they married without the traditional ceremony Tuesday, Oct. 26, in Tokyo.

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