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Living Queens Consort: Queen Silvia of Sweden, Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, Queen Sonja of Norway, Queen Rania of Jordan, Queen Noor of Jordan
Paperback. Books LLC 2010-05-06.
ISBN 9781155710013
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Publisher description
Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Queen Silvia of Sweden, Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, Queen Sonja of Norway, Queen Rania of Jordan, Queen Noor of Jordan, Queen Sofía of Spain, Queen Anne of Romania, Queen Fabiola of Belgium, Queen Paola of Belgium, Queen Komal of Nepal, Queen Ratna of Nepal, Empress Michiko of Japan, Queen Sirikit of Thailand. Excerpt: item Michiko item Imperial House of Japan item HIH The Prince Akishino HIH The Princess Akishino HIH The Prince Mikasa HIH The Princess Mikasa item HIH The Prince Katsura item HIH The Princess Takamado Empress Michiko of Japan ( K g Michiko , formerly Michiko Sh da ( , Sh da Michiko ? ); born 20 October 1934) is the wife and consort of Emperor Akihito , the current monarch of Japan. She was the first commoner to marry into the Japanese Imperial Family. As Crown Princess and later as empress consort , she has become the most visible and widely-travelled imperial consort in Japanese history. Her full title is Her Imperial Majesty The Empress of Japan . Early life Empress Michiko was born in Tokyo , the eldest daughter of Hidesaburo Sh da (1904-1999), president and later honorary chairman of Nisshin Flour Milling Company, and his wife, Fumiko Soejima (1910-1988). She attended Futaba Elementary School in Tokyo, but was obliged to leave during the fourth grade because of the American bombing during World War II . She returned to school after the war ended and attended the Seishin (Sacred Heart ) High School in Tokyo. She earned a bachelor of arts in Japanese literature from the Faculty of Literature at the University of the Sacred Heart, Tokyo in 1957. She also received an education at Harvard University in the United States and the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom , which helped her become fluent
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Living Queens Consort: Queen Silvia of Sweden, Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, Queen Sonja of Norway, Queen Rania of Jordan, Queen Noor of Jordan
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