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My opinion is that the King insisted that the babies be HRH, and that Madde really wanted out. Chris is the fall guy. He loves her and is trying to make it all work, imo.
Leonore will probably teach him Swedish!
As far as I can recall, Madeleine never said or hinted that she "wanted out". On the contrary, my impression is that she was more than happy to be back to her "normal life" in Sweden after her "exile" in New York.
On Chris "trying to make it all work", I guess he
could have said in his interview that leaving New York and moving to London was a compromise on his part so that he could carry on with his work and, at the same time, Madeleine could be closer to Sweden and her occasional royal duties. Readers would probably have bought that version of the story, as it makes sense. The problem is, however, that Chris actually
didn't say that. On the contrary, he said in the interview that New York wasn't working
for him either as he frequently had to travel to London, and that is why he decided to move.
As I see it, Chris' point of view is very clear. He sees himself as the "breadwinner" and the head of the family, and the entire family has to adapt to suit his needs with no room for compromise, even when his wife is a princess of Sweden, who is not only wealthy in her own right (and hence is not starving for bread ), but also has obligations of her own to the Swedish Crown and the Swedish people.
Being pregnant gave Madeleine a perfect excuse to stay in Sweden over the spring and summer, but now that is over and Chris made it clear that the family won't even wait for Nicolas' christening to move out. The problem remains, however, that Swedish law requires that Leonore and Nicolas live permanently in Sweden by the time they are of school age (or, at least, that is the Court's interpretation of the text of the law). Based on what we know and have heard from Chris over the past years, he is unlikely to compromise and, at that point, Madeleine will have to go with "out" (i.e. her children losing membership of the Royal House and succession rights), or else she and Chris will have to split. Sorry if I may sound too blunt, but that is realistically how I see it.