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 TOKYO (AP) - Wearing a white dress and pearls, Japan's Princess Sayako bid farewell to Tokyo's royal palace on Tuesday to wed commoner Yoshiki Kuroda.
Well-wishers cheered as an official car slowly drove Sayako out of the gates of the palace, bringing her 36 years as a member of the world's oldest hereditary monarchy to a close.
A short while later she arrived at the venue of her wedding, the swanky Imperial Hotel, and entered with the groom and her parents. Kyodo News agency reported that the ceremony, which was not televised, began minutes later.
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