Not everyone approves of this princess' wedding. She's going ahead with it anyway

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Not everyone approves of this princess' wedding. She's going ahead with it anyway

The content originally appeared on: CNN But since Japan's Princess Mako and Kei Komuro announced their engagement in 2017, their union has been mired in scandal, public disapproval and tabloid frenzy. Some Japanese don't consider the commoner son of a single parent to be worthy of a princess. Their disdain was confirmed last month when he arrived in Japan for their October 26 wedding sporting long hair tied in a ponytail. Tabloids ran photos of 30-year-old Komuro's ponytail from every […]

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