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Prince Hitachi, Prince Albert of Monaco and Princess Hitachi cut the red ribbon at the exhibition "Kyoto-Tokyo from Samurais to Mangas" at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.
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my2sense
Ah... monarchy- humans born into wealth, power and this. Nice white gloves dude...should be holding a golden spoon. Samurais to Sissies would have fit better....they sure left out about 200 years of havoc. I still cannot believe Monaco citizens can't gamble in their own casinos...
semperfi
Since Japan holds its Emperor-system in high regard, it is rather reassuring to SEE the Prince and his very gracious and beautiful Princess. . . . perform duties of the State TOGETHER !!!!**
paulinusa
Think that kimono costs a few yen?
gamera
I see they rolled out the old folks for publicity. That guy in the middle is getting hage.
NationalistRE
His Serene Highness should wear contacts if he's not wearing his glasses
paulinusa
Man calls store: "Do you have Prince Albert in a can?" A very old (and very bad) joke.
BurakuminDes
Prince Hitachi? LOL! Where did they come up with that? Next there will be a Prince Fujitsu and a Princess Toshiba...
herefornow
A big difference is that Monaco has no, or very low taxes. Prince Albert, and the entire royal family, is principally self-supporting based on their large family wealth and holdings/business interests. Here, us poor tax payers foot the bill for all these folks.
gogogo
Someone forgot their white gloves :)
apecNetworks
He was also known as, "Prince Yoshi(Yoshi-no-Miya)", which is a very significant name in Japanese history, like the Fujiwara Clan.
bicultural
burakumin, are you not familiar with the custom of using your last name as the name of a company? I'm sure a Mr. Honda sounds hilarious to you.
porter
Royal family members have the best welfare deal - lifetime and unlimited use of tax payer money.
Wakarimasen
Great name for agreat guy. He looks a tad old to be a Prince, no? Or is it like being a politician - you have to be over 60.
BurakuminDes
No, not really. Honda is like "Smith". But this Hitachi "prince" bloke sounds kinda funny. Anyway - I don't have much time for "royal" people of any country, truth be known, including the balding "Prince" Albert fella. Many of them (not all) live off the taxpayers because they proclaim themselves as "special".
KyokoSmile
disgusting picture of nothing but old farts...yuck!
nandakandamanda
porter, they are trapped for life. No freedom for them like for you or me.
Old farts? And who are we, Peter Pan and Wendy?
nandakandamanda
Didn't Princess Grace have a Japanese garden in Monaco?
blunderbuss
I wasn't sure if that was true for Monaco, but I know from living in Busan that Koreans are not permitted to gamble in hotel casinos. It's supposed to convince (gullible) visitors that "Koreans don't gamble" -- which is ludicrous.
As for royalty, we must feel that they represent something about our cultures, otherwise we wouldn't have them. (Even republicans like Americans still venerate the Kennedy clan or the H'wood junkies as if they were royalty...)