Japan's Former Princess Mako is Out and About With Her Husband Kei Komuro in NYC

It's been almost a month since former Japanese princess Mako and her new husband Kei Komuro made the move from Tokyo to NYC, and it seems that the couple is settling in. Over the weekend, the duo were seen out for a walk in the city wearing understated grey and green ensembles along with face masks.

Mako is the eldest daughter of Japan's Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko and the niece of Emperor Naruhito, but no longer holds a royal title herself. Though she was raised as Princess Mako, alongside her sister Princess Kako and her brother Prince Hisahito, Mako gave up her royal title for her October 26 wedding to Komuro due to a Japanese law that required her to do so in order to marry a "commoner". Komuro is reportedly clerking for a law firm in New York while waiting to retake the bar exam next year.

The couple, who met while they were students at the International Christian University in Tokyo, first announced their engagement back in 2017, but the wedding was long-delays, in part because of public outcry over the match. Komuro's family connections gave rise to speculation that he might have been after the princess's money, though she eventually chose to give up a dowry of around $1.4 million to which she was entitled upon leaving the royal family, making her the first female imperial family member since World War II to opt out of payment when marrying a commoner. The scrutiny ultimately became so extreme that Mako was even diagnosed with PTSD prior to the wedding.

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