The Princess Aiko!!

This is the cutest princess on the planet. Whats the status quo on her future does anybody know? Is she still in the race to become Empress someday or has she been sadly sidelined in the face of Japan's sexist old liners to give way to prince hisahito?

In Pic 1 - she is accompanied by her parents in a ceremony that includes her formally into the Imperial Family of Japan. In both pictures crown princess Masako looks better to me, hope her health has improved and i guess for her daughter's sake she is exerting herself to be out there in the public eye.