Summary
IN OCTOBER last year, during the run-up to her wedding, Japan's Princess Sayako took some lessons. Not in how to spice up married life, or throw a decent dinner party, but rather how to live like a commoner.
She was thought to have been doing rather well - learning to drive, getting her head round domestic finances and whatnot - but one day, turning to a friend, she reportedly betrayed her isolated and privileged background by asking: "If one shops at the supermarket, how does one carry all the food?"See the full content of this document
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The Princess and the People
Just under a year later, as the Japanese royal family arrive in their droves at Tokyo's Aiiku hospital to welcome the first male heir to the family for four generations - the as yet unnamed baby son of Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko - his aunt, now known simply as Mrs Sayako Kuroda, is adapting to her new life. Willingly c...
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