Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!A princess is set to make a £730,000 payment to give up her royal status in order to marry her university classmate.Japan's Princess Mako's marriage has been delayed for years because of controversy over her fiancé.The 29-year-old granddaughter of then-Emperor Akihito announced her engagement to college classmate Kei Komuro back in 2017, Mirror reports.
However, the wedding was put off after reports of a financial dispute between Mr Komuro's mother and her former fiancé.It has now been reported that the government is set to agree that the princess foregoes the payment, worth up to 150 million yen, for royals giving up their status to marry commoners, according to Reuters.
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