Former Japanese Princess Mako moved to the United States on Sunday with her newlywed husband, commoner Kei Kumuro, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported.
The couple, who got married on October 26 in a subdued ceremony, departed from Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Sunday morning. They will rent an apartment in New York, where Komuro is employed as a clerk at a law firm, according to the NHK.The newlyweds are said to have expressed gratitude to the imperial family and people who supported them before leaving.'use strict';CNN.Videx=CNN.Videx || {};CNN.Videx.mobile={};CNN.INJECTOR.executeFeature.then {CNN.VideoPlayer.
See public reaction to former Princess Mako's wedding 02:47Mako, who turned 30 in October, announced her engagement with Komuro four years ago. But their union has been plagued by years of controversy, public disapproval and tabloid frenzy over a money scandal involving Komuro's mother.In an effort to appease a disapproving public, Mako turned down a one-off million-dollar payout from the government, which she was entitled to as a departing royal.
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