The seventh birthday celebrations for Japan’s Princess Aiko had to be cancelled this week after the youngster came down with a cold and fever. Palace officials said the girl, who was due to mark her special day at the imperial palace with her grandparents Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, will need several days to recover.
Although the family birthday party didn’t go ahead, Aiko’s December 1 birthday was marked with the release of a family photo featuring the little princess and her parents Crown Princess Masako and Crown Prince Naruhito. The shot shows Aiko helping take the family dogs for a walk in the grounds of the imperial palace in Tokyo.
Aiko’s birth seven years ago to the Emperor’s elder son led to debate over whether there should be changes made to the male-only law of succession to the Chrysanthemum throne.
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