Konoe resigned on 16 October 1941, one day after having recommended Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni to the Emperor as his successor.

Two days later, Hirohito chose General Tōjō as Prime Minister despite the wish of the Navy and the Army, who would have preferred Prince Higashikuni.

In 1946, he explained this decision: " I actually thought Prince Higashikuni suitable as chief of staff of the Army ; but I think the appointment of a member of the imperial house to a political office must be considered very carefully.

Cabinet of Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko ; Konoe is the 4th person on the right on the 2nd row

After the beginning of the American occupation, Konoe served in the cabinet of Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, the first post-war government.

On September 21, the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service, commanded by Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, began aerial bombardment of Nanking.

After the surrender of Japan became public, Suzuki resigned and Prince Higashikuni became next prime minister.

An uncle of Emperor Hirohito twice over, Prince Higashikuni was the only member of the Japanese imperial family to head a cabinet.

Emperor Meiji granted Prince Naruhiko the title Higashikuni no miya and permission to start a new branch of the imperial family on 3 November 1906.

Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko married the ninth daughter of Emperor Meiji, Princess Toshiko ( 11 May 1896 – 5 March, 1978 ), on 18 May 1915.

Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko was a career officer in the Imperial Japanese Army.

Prince Higashikuni then studied military tactics at the École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr in Paris France, from 1920 to 1926.

According to a memo discovered by historian Yoshiaki Yoshimi, Prince Higashikuni authorized the use of poison gas against the Chinese on 16 August 1938.

Before the start of the Second World War, on 15 October 1941, outgoing Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe proposed Prince Higashikuni to Emperor Hirohito as his successor for prime minister.

Prince Higashikuni was also the choice of both Chief of staffs of the Army and the Navy.

In 1946, he explained this decision: " I actually thought Prince Higashikuni suitable as chief of staff of the Army ; but I think the appointment of a member of the imperial house to a political office must be considered very carefully.

During the early stages of the Pacific War, Prince Higashikuni served as commander of the Home Defense Command from 1941 to 1944.

After the course of the war turned against Japan, and the decision was made to accept the Potsdam Declaration, Emperor Hirohito appointed Prince Higashikuni to the position of prime minister on 16 August 1945, replacing Admiral Kantarō Suzuki.

Prince Higashikuni resigned in October over a dispute with the American occupation forces over the repeal of the 1925 Peace Preservation Law.

On 27 February and 4 March 1946, Prince Higashikuni gave interviews to the Yomiuri-Hochi and New York Times newspapers in which he claimed that many members of the imperial family had approved Emperor Hirohito ’ s abdication, with Prince Takamatsu serving as regent until Crown Prince Akihito came of age.

The first paper on boxing was published in the late 18th century by successful Birmingham boxer ' William Futrell ' who remained undefeated until his one hour and seventeen minute fight at Smitham Bottom, Croydon, on July 9, 1788 against a much younger " Gentleman " John Jackson which was attended by the Prince of Wales.

However, Fujiwara princes remained close advisors, regents and ministers to the emperors for centuries, even until the 20th century ( Prince Konoe and Morihiro Hosokawa ).

The few Spaniards who remained in Gibraltar in August 1704 were augmented by others who arrived in the fleet with Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt, possibly some two hundred in all, mostly Catalans.

As child monarch of Poland, Jadwiga had at least one relative in Poland ( all her immediate family having remained in Hungary ): her mother's childless uncle, Władysław the White ( d. 1388 ), Prince of Gniewkowo.

This secret drama, which has become known as the Prince Tudor theory, was covertly represented in Oxford's plays and poems and remained hidden until Allen and Ward's discoveries.

He fled to Prince Ptolemy's fortress in Tusculum on 8 April and remained there, where he met the returning Crusader king Louis VII of France and his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine.

Ranulf of Chester remained upset over Stephen's gift of the north of England to Prince Henry.

Its status was elevated to that of a duchy for Prince Louis, the second son of John II of France, and remained as such until the Revolution.

Most of Provence remained strongly Catholic, with only one enclave of Protestants, the principality of Orange, Vaucluse, an enclave ruled by Prince William of the House of Orange-Nassau of the Netherlands, which was created in 1544 and was not incorporated into France until 1673.

Though the document has not survived, it is clear that Henry was forced to accept the Provisions of Oxford, while Prince Edward remained hostage to the barons.

Their young son, Prince Frederick, remained in Hanover for the rest of George I's reign to be brought up by private tutors.

Not a single French soldier remained in Germany, and Prince Charles prepared to force the passage of the great river in the Breisgau while the King of Britain moved forward via Mainz to co-operate by drawing upon himself the attention of both the French marshals.

Thereafter Gower remained beyond the reach of Llewelyn's successors as Prince of Wales ; but its population suffered at the hands of Rhys ap Maredudd during his revolt of 1287-8.

After the tour Prince abolished The Revolution, fired Wendy & Lisa and replaced Bobby Z. with Sheila E. Brown Mark quit the band while keyboardist Doctor Fink remained.

The German Army Group Commander Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria stated: " What remained of the old first-class peace-trained German infantry had been expended on the battlefield ".

After visiting London for the memorial, Philip and his mother returned to Greece where Prince Andrew had remained behind to command an army division embroiled in the Greco-Turkish War ( 1919 – 1922 ).

The Jacobite army, under Charles Edward Stuart (" Bonnie Prince Charlie ") captured Edinburgh without a fight in September 1745, but the castle remained in the hands of the ageing Deputy Governor, General George Preston, who refused to surrender.

Prince Bernhard, who had remained in London with Queen Wilhelmina and members of the exiled Dutch government, was able to visit his family in Canada and be there for Margriet's birth.

Susan remained firm friends with the Prince of Wales, who contributed a Foreword to her book titled POLO.

Prince Edward County Public Schools remained closed for five years.

Even after the re-opening of the public schools, Prince Edward Academy remained segregated.

Ranulf of Chester remained upset over Stephen's gift of the north of England to Prince Henry.

The Prince and Princess of Monaco separated judicially on May 30, 1902 ( Monaco ) and June 3, 1902 ( France ), but remained married.

Máxima remained a Roman Catholic instead of converting to the denomination of the Prince, although they agreed that their children would be raised as Protestants.

The Queen, though, insisted that her son be allowed to remain with his ship, meaning Prince Andrew remained on board Invincible to serve as a Sea King helicopter co-pilot, flying on missions that included anti-submarine warfare and anti-surface warfare, Exocet missile decoy, casualty evacuation, transport, and search and air rescue.