# Would a bride "of color" been considered appropriate for William?

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**Created:** [May 1, 2011, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-bride-of-color-been-considered-appropriate-for-william/580409 "2011-05-01T20:52:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-bride-of-color-been-considered-appropriate-for-william/580409/61 "2011-05-03T22:21:31Z")

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> [@t-bonham@scc.net](#):
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> Do you think the British public would react better to a marriage with a descendant of that war criminal Emperor Hirohito? Given that there are still a fair number of WWII veterans (including the Queen herself) and their families still around?
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> Here in the USA, we were far less directly affected by WWII, but there are still a lot of people who hold grudges about it. For example, a local non-profit organization was asked to send a donation after the recent tsunami in Japan. An older member moved that they send $12 and 7 cents, for December 7th – that was amended to send them $24.02, one cent for every American “murdered by the Japanese treachery at Pearl Harbor”. So hard feelings are still present here; I’d expect even more in Britain.

There aren’t really any widespread hard feelings against Japan for the war. OTOH, a German princess (or pseudo-princess) might - despite the jokes about the royal family being German - be a problem.

Actually, a non-British princess would be a problem regardless of the nationality, but, if they were sensible and had a long relationship like William and Kate, and it was just as obvious that it was a real loving relationship, the public would adapt.

That only goes for William and, to a lesser extent, Harry. Nobody beyond royal fanatics (and the royals themselves) cares who the rest of them marry.

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