如今，越来越多的日本人开始质疑：为何深受民众喜爱的24岁秋笔公主永远无法成为女天皇？
最近的一项民意调查显示，有72%的受访者支持由女性担任天皇。
More people in Japan are asking why the nation’s favourite royal, 24-year-old princess Aiko, will never be empress, with a recent poll saying 72% favour a woman emperor Her face is splashed across magazine covers.
秋笔公主的肖像频繁出现在各类杂志 上，粉丝们也争相从网上购买她穿过的服饰。
Fans flock to online stores to snap up her outfits.
在各类官方活动中，大批民众顶着酷热天气排队，只为一睹这位以“高贵端庄、美丽动人且气质非凡”而备受推崇的公主的风采。
At official engagements, huge crowds wait in the crushing heat to catch a glimpse of a woman revered for her ‘regal dignity, beauty and aura’.
作为日本皇室中最受欢迎的成员，尽管秋笔公主深受爱戴，但现行法律却规定她无法继承皇位。
随着皇室成员数量不断减少，越来越多的日本民众开始对这一现象提出质疑。
Princess Aiko, 24, is the most popular member of Japan’s imperial family, but according to law she will never be empress and, as the country runs out of royals, more and more Japanese people are asking why.