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Originally Posted by msfroyste

it almost did, 1 time, that i know of. there was a story at the early of the 20th century, when nicholas II of russia's 2 oldest daughters, olga and tatiana, had "reached marriagable" age, as to who they could/would marry. when the idea that a japanese prince came up, they both basically said that would be peachy keen, with the exception that they could never marry a pagen. later on, they added the excuse that they didn't want to leave russia, a fact of which could've saved their lives. just something i read, i believe, over at the alexander palace time machine/msg board, a while back.

I daresay this info is incorrect. This proposition was not entertained by Nicholas II and his daughters owing to the fact that there were no unmarried sons of marriageable age of either Meiji or Taisho Emperors then.