Tokyo: Former Princess Mako Komuro Japan left for the United States on Sunday with her husband, swapped the ancient imperial ritual for New York’s bright lights after leaving a royal family.
The couple tied the knot in Tokyo last month in a muted way, following the tabloid gossip for years and online triggered the union of their workers who said Komuro caused it “sad and sick”.
Travel to the United States has long been reported.
The two 30-year-old children finally boarded a commercial flight from Tokyo to New York, where Kei Komuro attended a law school and now worked.
It was heavily guarded by police and airport officials, the couple passed before around 100 journalists and cameraman without responding to questions.
Mako, the nephew of Emperor Naruhito, lost his royal title when he married a commoner under the law of the post-war succession which also only allowed male members from the imperial family to rise the throne.
After announcing their involvement in 2017, Komuro was faced with a series of reports that accused the Kei family experiencing financial difficulties.
Japanese Royals were held to demand the standard, and the Imperial household body said Mako developed complex post-traumatic stress disorders due to media attention.
“I have been afraid, feeling sadness and pain every time a unilateral rumor turns into a basic story,” Mako said at a press conference after their marriage.
Kei said he felt “very sad that Mako has been in a bad condition, mentally and physical”, stating: “I like Mako.
We only get one life, and I want us to spend it with what we love.” The controversy of a pair of couples, and their US transfer, has attracted a comparison that was unavoidable to other royal pairs: Prince Harry and England Meghan.
Japanese media said Komuro, who met at the University in Tokyo, had secured a place to live in Big Apple.
The original plan was to go to travel to the United States in front of Mako, with the former Princess joined him after he got his first passport, report said.
But Kei lived in Japan longer than expected to attend Mako grandfather’s funeral.
The Japanese emperor does not have political power, but is an important symbolic figure.
With the supply of reduced men’s nobility, there are some debates about changing the rules in Japan, with polls that show the community widely support women who are allowed to rule.
But every change tends to be slow, with traditionalists hard against.