There are some people who talk about Imperial Princess Yoshiko as a precedent to avoid the crisis of discontinuation of Imperial succession when there was a recent argument about improving the Imperial Family (Household) Law.
最近の皇室典範改正論議で、皇位継承の危機への対策の先例として、欣子内親王の例を取り上げる人も多い（皇位継承問題を参照）。