TOKYO -- Japan's Princess Mako will marry college sweetheart Kei Komuro on Oct. 26 after a long engagement, but hers is no ordinary royal wedding. Having endured intense media scrutiny for years, she hopes to embark on a new life with her husband away from her home country.
The pair will forgo traditional ceremonies carried out for imperial weddings. Mako has also declined the one-off payment granted to royals who leave the imperial household following intense criticism of financial trouble involving Komuro's mother.
