Japan's Princess Mako has announced she is to reliquish her royal status to marry a commoner.
The eldest grandchild of Japan's current Emperor Akihito has been given permission to wed her former university classmate Kei Komuro.
Subscribe to The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
Create an account with the same email registered to your subscription to unlock access.
-
'Make legal immigration a more plausible option'Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
-
LA-to-Las Vegas high-speed rail line breaks groundSpeed Read The railway will be ready as soon as 2028
-
Israel's military intelligence chief resignsSpeed Read Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva is the first leader to quit for failing to prevent the Hamas attack in October
-
Duchess of Gloucester: the hard-working royal you've never heard ofUnder The Radar Outer royal 'never expected' to do duties but has stepped up to the plate
-
'Manipulated' photo of UK's Princess Kate spikedspeed read The first official image of Kate Middleton since January has been retracted
-
Modern royal scandals from around the worldThe Explainer From Spain to the UAE, royal families have often been besieged by negative events
-
The Regency Acts: what happens if King Charles can't perform his dutiesThe Explainer Monarch's responsibilities could be carried out by a regent or the counsellors of state
-
King Charles diagnosed with cancerSpeed Read Monarch 'remains wholly positive about his treatment', during which senior royals are expected to stand in for him
-
Princess of Wales to remain in hospital for two weeks as King prepares for prostate treatmentSpeed Read The timing of the two royal medical announcements was said to be an 'unavoidable coincidence'
-
Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary: a guide to Denmark's next king and queenWhy everyone's talking about Queen Margrethe II is stepping down after 52 years on Denmark's throne
-
King laughs about his 'sausage fingers' in new documentarySpeed Read Charles's ample digits have long attracted 'attention and concern' but he is often the 'first to poke fun'
