百合子さま、１０１歳に　明治以降の皇族で最高齢

　三笠宮妃百合子さまは４日、１０１歳の誕生日を迎えられた。明治以降の皇族では、夫の三笠宮さま（２０１６年１０月に１００歳で逝去）を超えて最高齢。３月から入院中で、「お変わりなく落ち着かれているが、極めてご高齢のため注意深く対応している」（宮内庁の黒田武一郎次長）という。
　百合子さまは軽い脳梗塞と誤嚥（ごえん）性肺炎のため、３月３日に聖路加国際病院（東京都中央区）に入院した。同庁によると、声を掛けるとうなずくなど意思疎通はできる状態で、車いすに座るなどのリハビリを続けているが、食事や水を飲むことはできないという。（2024/06/04-00:14）

Princess Yuriko, the oldest living member of the Japanese Imperial Family, turned 101 on Tuesday.
   According to the Imperial Household Agency, the princess, great-aunt of Emperor Naruhito, has become the oldest Imperial Family member born in or after the Meiji period (1868-1912), exceeding her late husband, Prince Mikasa, who died in 2016 at the age of 100.
   Princess Yuriko is staying at St. Luke's International Hospital in Tokyo from March 3 after being diagnosed with a mild case of cerebral infarction and aspiration pneumonia. She is able to communicate and is rehabilitating such as seating in a wheelchair, but she cannot eat or drink, the agency said.
   Buichiro Kuroda, vice head of the agency, said that the organization is paying close attention to the princess given her very old age, although she is in stable condition.
   Princess Yuriko, born in 1923 as the second daughter of Viscount Masanari Takagi, married Prince Mikasa in 1941 and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. The three sons have already died.