Posted on 12/11/2009 6:36:26 PM PST by Niuhuru
Japan's Crown Princess Masako has said she will keep working to fight her stress problems.
The 46-year-old royal - who is married to Crown Prince Naruhito - said she has been working with medical professionals to solve her illness.
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I remeber reading the biography on her and each time the CP would look for a wife, women would hurriedly get married. The Crown Prince promised her something he couldn’t deliver and it’s likely that because of the scandals in the BRF, the IHA came down on her twice as hard. Plus her father bullied her into it and in that culture, one does not say ‘no’ to a proposal, even if they wanted to. Not just because of pressure or because he’s CP, but because of other reasons I can’t remember.
“You would just not BELIEVE how incredibly opressed their lives are —NOTHING like the life of Diana, with her sneaking out, having affairs...NONE of that stuff”
And to think Diana and Fergie complained about being oppressed by the royal courtiers in Britain. Both women had no idea how good they had it.
“That smacks of class envy.”
Something I am profoundly sick of. Sad to see it even on here.
While it's true that the Imperial Household Agency should be investigated for diversion of funds, nepotism, and other faults of a secretive, highly-funded bureaucracy, it only has so much control over what the royals do. The royals' major fault seems to be acquiescence to obligation rather than any sort of propensity to mental illness.
It is very, very stressful being married into the Japanese Royal Family because of the strict rules the Royal family has to follow.
The present Empress also suffered from depression for many, many years once she married into the Royal Family.
“This has happened to A LOT of them. I would say they really are prisoners. The Imperial Household Agency basically dictates their every movement.”
you are correct!!!!
Gorgeous suit.
I felt sorry for Princess Masako all along. She, like a number of other ladies who have married into royal families in the last decade or so, was well on in her 30s at the time ... and then they’re expect to produce sons for guys who don’t spend any time with them.
You’d think by NOW, after all these centuries, royal men would get the message that they’re not going to have legitimate heirs unless they have sex with their wives.
Well some royal courtiers don’t realize that producing male heir really nowday we know is determine by the man they really stuck into ancient times LOL!
I know ... all those poor women being blamed, when they don’t even *have* a Y-chromosome.
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