Princess Mako Officially Leaves Her Royal Status to Marry a Commoner with a 'Bright Smile'

Princess Mako of Akishino has officially announced that she will be abandoning her royal status to marry for love. The eldest daughter of Japanese Emperor Akihito officially confirmed her engagement in a a press conference on the Akasaka Estate in Toyko on Sunday. The princess -- who is expected to marry her fiancé, law clerk Kei Komuro, in 2018-- met Komuro at Tokyo's International Christian University and the two have been dating for five years. During the conference, the princess, 25, and he...