Princess Mako’s marriage to her ‘commoner’ fiancé - what Chinese history can teach us about it, from men who had to walk behind their wives to princesses who kept male harems

• Is there anything worse than being a commoner married to a princess? In ancient China, royal consorts had it tough, needing to request to see their wives
• During the Tang dynasty, many princesses publicly cuckolded their husbands by keeping harems of male lovers; only later did the tables turn