Madeleine of Sweden, the return of the prodigal son

Madeleine of Sweden, the return of the prodigal son
Madeleine of Sweden, the return of the prodigal son

After six years spent under the Florida sun, the youngest of the Bernadotte clan returned to her native land, immediately participating with her children in the private celebrations of Queen Silvia’s 80th birthday. Across the Atlantic, her husband Christopher O’Neill, in less of a hurry, is packing the final boxes for their move.

“The king and I are so happy,” Queen Silvia confided in March 2023 to journalists who asked her about the imminent return of Princess Madeleine to Sweden. Imminent? Not really. Mentioned for the month of August 2023, the O’Neill family’s “moving” project only finally came to fruition very recently. On June 13, after a seven-hour flight from New York, the youngest Bernadotte, accompanied by her children Leonore, 10 years old, Nicolas, 9 years old, and Adrienne, 6 years old, finally landed at Stockholm-Arlanda airport. With a genuine smile on my face and some luggage in hand. Head to the upscale district of Östermalm where a seven-room apartment, renovated at great expense, awaits the little family in the heart of the red brick buildings of the royal stables of Hovstallet. The little family is, however, deprived of the father, who stayed a few more days in Miami, where Madeleine and the…

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