Preparations are underway for the funeral for His Imperial Highness Takahito, Prince Mikasa of Japan. The 100-year-old Prince died on 27 October of cardiac arrest after initially being hospitalised for pneumonia. Royal Central‘s Assistant Editor, Moniek, broke the news about his death last week.
The ceremony is scheduled to take place on Friday, 4 November at Toshimagaoka Imperial Cemetery…
Takahito, Prince Mikasa is the oldest living royal in the world and fifth in line to the Japanese throne. He was born 2 December 1915, in the Tokyo Imperial Palace, as the youngest child of Emperor Taishō and Empress Teimei. He was born fifteen years after his eldest…
