Tatiana Maria
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There were some quite intrusive photos of them eating at a restaurant taken from the table next to them doing the rounds on social media so I wouldn't be surprised if that put them off.
I assume you are referring to these?
It didn't take long for the press to go after Chris. Stoppa pressarna, the really mean and bad web gossip magazine, has photos of Madeleine and Chris at a dinner at Sturehof restaurant. There are more articles about Chris and Madeleine at Stoppa pressarna, it's information is very often false.
Bildbeviset_ Chris O’Neill skämde ut sig på krog vid Stureplan _ Stoppa Pressarna
Well that's me told.
Personally I wonder if Chris wasn't keen in the first place and then something like happening may have been enough to push him over the edge.
I do not believe anyone was telling you off, rather noting that if your speculation about the couple being put off their long-planned move by the recent paparazzi photography were correct, then it would indicate they lacked foresight because it was always predictable that such incidents would transpire.
It does seem apparent to me from Chris O'Neill's past public interviews and actions that he has never been keen on moving to Sweden (though I realize that he has never explicitly confirmed his feelings one way or another, and some will disagree). What is less clear to me is why his seeming preferences should consistently take priority over his wife's seeming preferences, especially since (in response to the "breadwinner" controversy of 2015) he has said that he is supportive of gender equality.
Given the unnecessarily nasty coverage Chris always gets in the Swedish press, I am not surprised he doesn't want to live there.
I have not observed nasty coverage of Chris O'Neill (or any other royal) in the mainstream Swedish press, but publications such as Stoppa Pressarna are of course another story.
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