Japanese princess gives up her royal status to marry a piano-loving commoner she fell for because of his ‘bright smiles like the sun’

But women are not allowed to succeed Japan’s throne, meaning Princess Mako will lose her royal status once she weds 25-year-old Mr Komuro, a legal assistant who loves playing jazz piano. At a news conference, Princess Mako said: ‘First I was attracted by …
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