Princess Masako, who suffers from a stress-related illness, will become empress when her husband ascends the throne next year
Japan’s crown Princess Masako has said she feels “insecure” about her duties as empress when her husband, crown prince Naruhito, ascends the Chrysanthemum throne next year, as her doctors warned that she continued to experience symptoms of her stress-related illness.
In an unusually candid statement to mark her 55th birthday on Sunday, Masako added that she would do her best after Naruhito succeeds his 84-year-old father, Akihito, who on 30 April will become the first Japanese emperor to abdicate for 200 years.
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