Alexandria
Heir Apparent
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- Jan 14, 2003
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For all the "controversy" and all the ink spilled over the arrival of this baby and whether it would be a boy or a girl, and what would happen to the line of succession and it being 2006 and that a woman should be allowed to succeed to the throne, at the core, what these pictures remind me is that Akishino and Kiko are proud new parents of a healthy little baby and like all parents, they are pleased as punch with his addition to their family.
Kiko's beaming smile at her baby son and at her husband make you forget that with this little boy's arrival his cousin Aiko is no longer a potential Empress, and that he is the future Emperor, but that he is an innocent little baby cradled lovingly in his mother's arms and that he has two older sisters who will love him dearly.
He'll have the rest of his life to absorb and deal with what his arrival means to the Imperial family and what it means in Japan's history, but for now, he is an innocent baby loved by his family and being welcomed with great fanfare by his fellow country people.
Kiko's beaming smile at her baby son and at her husband make you forget that with this little boy's arrival his cousin Aiko is no longer a potential Empress, and that he is the future Emperor, but that he is an innocent little baby cradled lovingly in his mother's arms and that he has two older sisters who will love him dearly.
He'll have the rest of his life to absorb and deal with what his arrival means to the Imperial family and what it means in Japan's history, but for now, he is an innocent baby loved by his family and being welcomed with great fanfare by his fellow country people.