>> TONIGHT. A MARRIAGE THAT’S
BREAKING UP A ROYAL FAMILY.
JAPAN’S PRINCESS MAKO THE
ELDEST DAUGHTER OF CROWN
PRINCE FOR AND NICE OF THE
REIGNING AMBER CHOOSING LOVE
OVER THE CROWN TODAY. SHE WAS
WED TO HER COLLEGE SWEETHEART
A COMMONER NAMED CAKE. A WAS
NO CEREMONY, NO POMP OR
PAGEANTRY NORMALLY ASSOCIATED
WITH OTHER JAPANESE WEDDINGS.
>> THE COUPLE WAS FIRST
ENGAGED IN 2017, BUT THE
WEDDING WAS DELAYED FOLLOWING
A FINANCIAL SCANDAL INVOLVING
THE GROOM’S MOTHER LEADING THE
PUBLIC TO QUESTION WHETHER
THEY WERE MARRYING FOR MONEY.
THE BACKLASH WAS SEVERE WITH
PROTESTERS TAKING TO THE
STREETS NOW THERE’S THIS EXTRA
NEWS ABOUT YOU KNOW,
QUESTIONABLE FINANCIAL
DEALINGS ON HIS MOTHER’S
HEART.
>> THAT KIND OF BREAKS THAT
IMAGE OF THIS KIND OF PERFECT.
PERFECT LIFE PARTNER THAT OF
PRINCESS DESERVES THE
CONNECTION OF WISE HIS
MOTHER’S PROBLEMS TIED TO HIM.
I THINK JAPAN IS STILL WITH AN
A SOCIETY PRINCESS MAKO
DEFENDING HER DECISION TO
MARRY SAYING SHE’S SUFFERING
FROM PTSD FROM THE NEGATIVE
ATTENTION TODAY SAYING THAT
UNDERSTAND THEIR VARIOUS LOTS
OF MY MARRIAGE WITH KATE.
>> I’M VERY SORRY TO THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE TROUBLE WITH
OUR MARRIAGE. KAY MEANS
EVERYTHING TO ME. AND FOR US,
THIS MARRIAGE IS NEEDED FOR US
TO LIVE AND CHERISH OUR
FEELINGS. SO JUST IT AFTER THE
WEDDING SHE BID FAREWELL TO
HER PARENTS AND HUGGED HER
SISTER GOODBYE. THE COUPLE
WILL LIVE IN AMERICA WHO MORAL
HAS A JOB WITH THE NEW YORK
LAW FIRM MANY COMPARING THE
BREAK THEY MADE FROM THEIR
ROYAL TIES TO THE MOVE MADE BY
PRINCE HARRY AND MEGHAN
MARKLE.
>> AFTER THEY BROKE UP FROM
THE BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY.
>> PRINCE HARRY HAD HIS ROYAL
WEDDING AT THE TAXPAYERS
EXPENSE. PRINCES. NOT GO DID
NOT HAVE A ROYAL WEDDING AT
THE TAXPAYERS EXPENSE. THE
JAPANESE HAVE BEEN OUT
PROTESTING BASICALLY SINCE THE
WEDDING WAS ACTUALLY ANNOUNCED
EVEN EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A
CIVIL WEDDING.
>> MICHAEL REJECTING THE 1.3
MILLION DOLLARS PAYMENT TO
ROYAL WOULD NORMALLY RECEIVE
LOSING THEIR IMPERIAL STATUS
BY MARRYING A COMMONER. IN A
STATEMENT, HER FATHER, THE
CROWN PRINCE SAID HE APPROVED
OF HIS DAUGHTERS, QUOTE,
UNPRECEDENTED MARRIAGE PARTLY
BECAUSE SHE INCOME HAD QUOTE,
NEVER WAVERED IN THEIR
THOUGHTS.
>> MATT BRADLEY JOINS US NOW
FROM LONDON. PRINCESS MAKO HAS
GIVEN UP HER ROYAL STANDING.
SHE REJECTED THAT MILLION
DOLLAR PAYMENT. WE SAW THAT
THEY’RE YOUR STORY. THEY’RE
NOW MOVING NEW YORK. SO WHY
DID THE JAPANESE PUBLIC FIGHT
SO HARD AGAINST HER MARRIAGE.
EVEN PROTESTING TODAY. I MEAN,
IT’S CLEAR THESE NEWLYWEDS ARE
ARE CLEARLY IN LOVE.
>> YET. I MEAN, IT’S A GREAT
QUESTION. LOOK, WE HAVE TO
REMEMBER FOR THE VAST MAJORITY
OF JAPANESE PEOPLE. THEY
EITHER DON’T CARE ARE NOT
INVOLVED ARE NOT INTERESTED OR
THEY PROBABLY CHAMPION THE
PRINCESS. THEY SAY THAT SHE
SHOULD BE CAST OUT ON HER OWN.
A LOT OF JAPANESE PEOPLE AND
MODERN TIMES ARE REJECTING
WHAT IS REALLY THAT RACISM
MISOGYNY IN THAT ROYAL FAMILY.
>> NO WOMAN CAN ASCEND TO THE
THRONE, TO THE KUZ
CHRYSANTHEMUM THRONE IN JAPAN,
BUT ALSO WE HAVE TO REMEMBER
THAT LIKE HERE IN BRITAIN, THE
ROYAL FAMILY THERE IS THE
SOVEREIGN THE THAT IS THE
PERSON IS THE STATE. IT’S
SOMETHING THAT WE AS AMERICANS
DON’T REALLY THINK ABOUT VERY
MUCH. BUT THEY ALL ARE THAT
TRADITION AND IT WASN’T SO
LONG AGO. TIME THAT THE
JAPANESE EMPEROR WAS THOUGHT
OF AS A DAY T ON EARTH. SO FOR
PRINCESS MAKO TO DO THIS IS
CONSIDERED NOT JUST A BETRAYAL
OF THE ROYAL FAMILY IS
CONSIDERED AN UNPATRIOTIC. THE
TRAIL OF THE NATION. BUT
AGAIN, IT’S A VERY SMALL
MINORITY OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD
PROBABLY THINK THAT WAIT TIME.
>> I’M SURE THEY’RE LOOKING
FORWARD TO THEIR NEW START IN
NEW YORK, RIGHT. MATT, THANK
YOU FOR THAT. THAT’S LIKE THE