After suffering from PTSD, Japanese princess Makotie knots with a commoner
Tokyo/ Japan: The Japanese Princess Mako, the emperor's niece, has finally tied a wedding knot with her college boyfriend on Tuesday morning. She left her royal family after a years-long engagement beset by the scrutiny that has left the princess with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
As per her past life, Mako and former fiance Kei Komuro, both of them aged 30, announced their engagement four years ago, a move initially cheered by the country. After this incident, the marriage was postponed and he left Japan for law studies in New York in 2018 only to return in September. But, later things got changed as a money scandal involving Komuro's mother, prompting the press to turn on him was released by a tabloid. A man complained that the mother and son had not repaid a debt of about $35,000.
Princess Mako refused to receive a one-off payment of about $1.3 million typically made to royal women who marry commoners and become ordinary citizens, in line with Japanese law.
According to TV footage, showed Mako, wearing a pastel dress and pearls, saying goodbye to her parents and 26-year-old sister, Kako, at the entrance to their home. Everyone was strictly following the COVID- 19 protocols, later her mother was seen in teary eyes and blinking by giving a warm gesture towards her daughter's marriage.
Despite leaving the royal tag, Mako bowed formally to her parents, then her sister grabbed her shoulders and the two shared a long embrace.
According to an announcement, her newly wedded husband has scheduled a press conference to make it official over the world about their marriage.
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