Japanese Princess Ayako gets engaged to a commoner
By Reuters
13 August 2018 |
10:19 am
Japanese Princess Ayako was officially engaged to commoner Kei Moriya on Sunday (August 12) in an imperial engagement ceremony held at Tokyo's Imperial House.
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