Tatiana Maria
Majesty
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I hope they will marry. Somehow the debt to Mrs. Komuro's ex-fiancé must be paid. Doesn't matter that legally they don't have to. It's a matter of honor now. I don't know if the Komuros are being stubborn and refusing to concede. Even if Kei or his mother have some savings, he probably wants to use it for his marriage/future. Perhaps the ex-fiancé is also bitter and is prolonging the drama/asking for more compensation because he missed the chance to be distantly connected to the Imperial family.
If the Komuros are lacking the capital to repay the supposed debt, it seems to me they would truly be in a bind. Had this happened in another monarchy where it is accepted that the royal family can use their positions and incomes however they deem fit, a solution could have had the royal family providing the monies to repay the debt or leveraging their personal contacts to appoint Kayo or Kei to a more lucrative job. But in Japan, of course, any such plans would (rightfully) provoke an outcry and fallout for the monarchy.
If Mrs. Komuro's narrative is the truth, she and her son were blindsided by an estranged ex-fiancé who lied to the media claiming a non-existent debt, shared her private emails with the tabloids, and spiked a tide of attacks against his ex-fiancée and her son who treated him as a stepfather, to try to tarnish her reputation or monetize his new royal connection. Under those conditions, I could not blame the Komuros if they were uncomfortable with the prospect of rewarding his actions with a huge sum of money.
I also wonder if they are worried that repaying the supposed debt would seem to their critics to be an admission of wrongdoing. It might in the West, but I don't know if that is the case in Japan.
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