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公主與王子過著幸福快樂的日子。這句話是從小深植在我們心中的童話故事,但真實的公主與王子又是如何呢?

一出生就轟動全世界的日本愛子公主、降嫁小室圭而引發騷動的真子公主與被譽為「日本最美公主」稱號的佳子公主,那些我們曾經嚮往成為的公主們,現在的近況是怎麼樣呢!來到21歲的愛子公主已經感受到了催婚的壓力?而下嫁成為平民的真子公主,在與丈夫小室圭的紐約生活又是如何呢?今年29歲的佳子公主是否也找到歸宿?

日本皇室相比於其他國家來說更遵守古老的制度,即便是今日仍然相當嚴謹和守舊,且為了確保血脈的延續以及血統的純正性,自古以來都是採取近親通婚制度,很大的原因來自於日本皇室嚴格「門當戶對」的規定。皇室成員如果選擇下嫁平民,那麼公主也會脫離皇籍貶為庶民。一直到近年來才有所緩和,而皇室壓抑的氣氛在現代化的社會來說,為了要喘口氣,或許成為平民才是最自在的選擇吧!

日本愛子公主

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TOKYO - NOVEMBER 18:  (FILE PHOTO) In this handout photo from the Imperial Household Agency, Crown Prince Naruhito of Japan and his wife Crown Princess Masako pose with their daughter Princess Aiko prior to her 2nd birthday November 18, 2003 in Tokyo. Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako will mark their 11th wedding anniversary on June 9, 2004. (Photo by Imperial Household Agency/Getty Images)
Above June 9, 2004. (Photo by Imperial Household Agency/Getty Images)
TOKYO - NOVEMBER 18:  (FILE PHOTO) In this handout photo from the Imperial Household Agency, Crown Prince Naruhito of Japan and his wife Crown Princess Masako pose with their daughter Princess Aiko prior to her 2nd birthday November 18, 2003 in Tokyo. Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako will mark their 11th wedding anniversary on June 9, 2004. (Photo by Imperial Household Agency/Getty Images)

愛子公主從出生就備受關注,只因為當時已經38歲高齡的亞子妃終於成功誕下了健康的女嬰,被隨著愛子的出生,壓力終於得以釋放,也因為萬眾矚目與期待,讓獨生女愛子公主的人生從出生就在眾人的注視下成長,徳仁天皇與亞子妃也將所有的愛都傾注在愛子的身上,只希望她平安健康長大就好。

愛子從小沒有要求學習過多的皇室禮儀,因此愛子公主還是保留了那麼一點稚氣與活潑的模樣,但隨著愛子公主來到了20歲,受到的關注越多身上的壓力也相對沈重。只有一個女兒的徳仁天皇於2019年正式登基後,愛子是否能夠擁有繼承權便引起了各派爭論!一時之間,圍繞著愛子有可能成為日本自1770後首位女天皇的話鋪天蓋地的襲來,去年才20歲的愛子公主就已經被日本網友瘋狂地催婚,還甚至批評了已長大成人愛子公主的外表。

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TOKYO, JAPAN - DECEMBER 05: Princess Aiko greets the press on the occasion of her coming-of-age at the Imperial Palace on December 05, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. The only daughter of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako marked her 20th birthday on December 1, 2021. (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki/Getty Images)
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TOKYO, JAPAN - DECEMBER 05: Princess Aiko greets the press on the occasion of her coming-of-age at the Imperial Palace on December 05, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. The only daughter of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako marked her 20th birthday on December 1, 2021. (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki/Getty Images)

不過愛子公主並沒有因此而放棄,並在20歲成年禮時的脫稿演講展現了她堅毅且幽默的一面,也因這次的演講而圈粉無數,在問到覺得自己有什麼優點時,愛子公主回答我並沒有特別想過這一題的答案,但如果硬要說的話,可能就是「在哪裡都可以睡著吧!」,有一次在走廊的沙發上睡著,就一覺到天亮了(笑),。愛子公主成年禮的演講拉近了皇室與平民的距離感,很多的網友都一面大讚愛子公主對於記者成熟的應對能力給予了相當高的評價,甚至讓許多網友高喊:「我們要女天皇!」的口號。

日本真子公主

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TOKYO, JAPAN - OCTOBER 26: Princess Mako (R), the elder daughter of Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko, and her husband Kei Komuro, a university friend of Princess Mako, pose during a press conference to announce their wedding at Grand Arc Hotel on October 26, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. Princess Mako married Kei Komuro today at a registry office following a relationship beset with controversy following the revelation that Mr Komuro’s mother was embroiled in a financial dispute with a former fiancé. Following t
Above October 26, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. Princess Mako married Kei Komuro (Getty Images)
TOKYO, JAPAN - OCTOBER 26: Princess Mako (R), the elder daughter of Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko, and her husband Kei Komuro, a university friend of Princess Mako, pose during a press conference to announce their wedding at Grand Arc Hotel on October 26, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. Princess Mako married Kei Komuro today at a registry office following a relationship beset with controversy following the revelation that Mr Komuro’s mother was embroiled in a financial dispute with a former fiancé. Following t

真子公主(封位內親王)1991年出生,為德仁天皇的弟弟文仁親王的長女,也是佳子公主與悠仁親王的姊姊,稱號眞子內親王。日本人民從小看著真子公主長大,深受國民的喜愛。並在成長中努力唸書,擁有著很高的學歷,曾進入英國愛丁堡大學、萊斯特大學進行研修。

不過真正將她推向風口浪尖的是在2017年真子公主宣布與交往了四年的大學同學小室圭訂婚,但隨著婚期將近卻被爆出了小室圭家裡有財務問題,捲入了近一億元的債務糾紛等等。而小室圭本人也被攻擊言行不檢點,經常出沒於夜店,且在律師事務所上班的他只是一名助理,隱瞞皇室沒有據實以告。種種的爆料不得先將婚期暫緩,直至 2021年真子公主才正式降嫁小室圭,放棄了一億的皇室嫁金、放棄舉辦皇室婚禮,之後脫離皇室身分改名「小室眞子」,隨後小室夫婦移居美國紐約生活。

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TOKYO, JAPAN - MAY 04: Princess Mako waves after listening to Emperor Naruhito of Japan make his first public speech from the balcony of the Imperial Palace on May 4, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan. Emperor Naruhito has made his first official public appearance following his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne last week after his father abdicated citing ill health. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)
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TOKYO, JAPAN - MAY 04: Princess Mako waves after listening to Emperor Naruhito of Japan make his first public speech from the balcony of the Imperial Palace on May 4, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan. Emperor Naruhito has made his first official public appearance following his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne last week after his father abdicated citing ill health. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

移居美國的小室夫婦並沒有因為淡出皇室而開始了恬淡的生活,八卦狗仔們還是時時刻刻圍繞在他們身旁,因此爆出了在美國律師事務所當助理的小室圭參加了2次紐約律師資格考試皆落榜而成為眾人笑柄的消息,不僅是網友連媒體也不看好他們的婚姻,甚至說到:「真子公主當初為了愛情與自由,付出的代價未免也太高了吧!」小室圭種種的財務危機與私生活淫亂負面消息一傳再傳,讓眾人都不禁為真子公主的未來感到堪憂與惋惜。

不過就在去年10月終於在第3次考試傳來上榜的好消息!根據外媒報導有多家律師事務所爭相挖角,終於一掃陰霾正式成為紐約大律師!不過根據日媒報導,小室圭雖然年薪上看35萬美元,但真子公主與小室圭婚後所入住的公寓,月租就高達美金3,600,且空間面積僅約12坪,兩人的經濟與生活品質都不算是太寬裕。但這種老老實實且穩扎穩打的生活,想想也是所有人的夢想吧!

日本佳子公主

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TOKYO, JAPAN - MAY 04: Princess Kako is seen as Japan's Emperor Naruhito addresses to members of the public from the balcony of the Imperial Palace on May 04, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan. Emperor Naruhito has made his first official public appearance following his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne last week after his father abdicated citing ill health. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)
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TOKYO, JAPAN - MAY 04: Princess Kako is seen as Japan's Emperor Naruhito addresses to members of the public from the balcony of the Imperial Palace on May 04, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan. Emperor Naruhito has made his first official public appearance following his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne last week after his father abdicated citing ill health. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)

被日本民眾譽為「日本最美公主」稱號的佳子公主(封位內親王),出生於1994年,與姊姊真子公主一樣從小就被受日本人民的愛戴,也因她的盛世美顏讓日本曾掀起一陣「公主熱潮」。

佳子公主從小就不是循規蹈矩、按部就班的乖巧女孩,她曾經不顧家人反對學習跳舞、騎單輪車、花式滑冰等運動,也曾被日本皇室御用的學習院大學退學,轉而到英國里茲大學留學。她的叛逆在近年來似乎是越演越烈,尤其是在看了自己的姊姊因為婚事而備受人民批評,這些輿論壓力使被關在宮中的她越發不滿,近期傳出佳子公主拒絕搬進剛裝修好的皇家官邸,跟父母的關係也越發疏遠,因此今年29歲的佳子公主似乎沒有被宮內廳逼著結婚。

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Princess Kako of Akishino, the 22-year-old granddaughter of Japanese Emperor Akihito, poses for photos at the University of Leeds as she prepares to return to Japan after completing a year as an exchange student. (Photo by Peter Byrne/PA Images via Getty Images)
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Princess Kako of Akishino, the 22-year-old granddaughter of Japanese Emperor Akihito, poses for photos at the University of Leeds as she prepares to return to Japan after completing a year as an exchange student. (Photo by Peter Byrne/PA Images via Getty Images)

不過根據外媒透露,佳子公主去年7月被爆出戀情,神秘男友似乎是一位牙醫,且父親是東京一間高級牙醫診所的院長,兩個人的相識因是彼此的小學同學,在舉辦同學會後又開始有了交集,因此說是青梅竹馬似乎也不為過。至於每次被追問是否有戀愛對象時,宮內廳極力反對此傳言。只希望日本公主們不要被過於保守的皇室教條所折磨,畢竟看了美智子皇后、雅子妃到真子公主的故事,她們總是隱忍著外界對他們的批評與指教,在墨守成規的皇室限制下,只希望她們能夠活得幸福。

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Keira Lu
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