The Higashikuni family is also related to the Emperor's family through Emperor Meiji's Princess, sometimes comments are heard; 'the family who's blood line is the closest to the Imperial Family.'
東久邇家は明治天皇の皇女を通じても天皇家と縁戚であり、「最も天皇家の血が濃い旧皇族」などと評されることがある。