Mako Komuro: The Princess Who Said No | 79

Even The Royals

Wondery

Society & Culture

4.4 • 844 Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Princess Mako spent her whole life trying to meet the strict expectations set for 21st century Japanese royals. But when she falls in love and ghosts from her fiancé's past go viral, she realizes she can follow the rules – or follow her heart. But this scandal will stir up a public scrutiny so intense that it threatens her relationship, her family’s reputation, and her sanity.

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0:00.0	Wonderry Plus subscribers can listen to Even the Royals early and ad-free right now.
0:04.1	Join Wondery Plus in the Wondry app or on Apple Podcasts.
0:07.7	A quick note about our show.
0:09.5	We do a lot of research for our stories, but we also aren't your high school history class, so some details and scenes are dramatized.
0:16.3	And a heads up, today's episode contains brief mentions of suicide.
0:20.1	And our language definitely wouldn't cut it with the Imperial Household Agency. So please be advised.
0:32.5	So, Erescia, you're a Libra, you're in love hourly, maybe?
0:38.3	Don't be insane.
0:39.3	It's daily.
0:40.0	Come on.
0:40.5	Give me some credit.
0:41.9	All right, sorry.
0:43.2	But I'm wondering, have you ever chosen to follow your heart and then faced consequences because of it?
0:50.1	No.
0:51.0	I don't know.
0:51.7	I'm trying to think because I follow my heart for myself now.
0:57.0	Wow. I mean, probably when I was in high school and college, I did really stupid things for guys.
1:03.3	When we were young and dumb. Yeah. Now we're less young and very smart.
1:08.5	Exactly.
1:10.7	Well, today's episode is about a modern day princess who followed her heart and paid the
1:15.9	price on a very public stage.
1:18.5	Princess Mako of Japan spent her whole life trying to meet the strict expectations set
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