Expressen's royal commentator Karin Lennmor wrote yesterday at her chronicle
"Learn from your big sister Victoria, Madeleine"
about Madeleine's difficult relationship with Sweden and the Swedes.
Lennmor writes that we still don't need where Madeleine will give birth. The decision is certainly already taken. But for some reason, Madeleine and Chris O'Neill have it hard to tell where it will be. The hospital is never published in advance, but shouldn't Madeleine tell in which country a new member of the royal family will be born?
Lennmor thinks Madeleine chooses to give birth in London. Whatever Madeleine chooses, she is getting criticism from us here at home. If she chooses London, it will be complained that she doesn't prioritize Sweden and is too good to come home. If she gives birth in Stockholm, there are certainly whiners who think she utilizes Swedish health care.
Lennmor writes that Madeleine received criticism because she didn't attend the Nobel Banquet and many raised their eyebrows when she didn't represent the royal house during the Icelandic state visit. Especially because big sister Victoria was ill.
Sadly Madeleine has come on a collision course with Sweden and Swedes. A colleague on another newspaper recently called her for "a Swedish Marie Antoinette", a scandal beauty princess who can never do anything right. To some extent, Lennmor agrees with this.
Madeleine had only 18 work days noted in the court official calendar last year.
- I really want to be with my children when they are small, she told to Expressen, and Lennmor understand that explanation.
It is cruel to call Madeleine "the laziest in the royal house". It is not just children and Netflix-watching which take her time in London, she prepares in the tasks she is doing. She also works part time for Childhood and writes a children's book.
But there must be something that has happened to Madeleine here in Sweden, something that gnaws and rubs her because she doesn't want to live here, work for the apanage, or barely seem to like to belong to the royal house? Where is the sense of duty?
Lennmor thinks that Madeleine should learn from Victoria, who successfully combines the role of a mom for toddlers with the quite numerous representation duties the Crown Princess role entails.
Lennmor writes: Learn from your big sister, Madeleine! Think about moving home to Stockholm permanently. There is no one who believes in this that you have to live in London for Chris's job. He can work just anywhere. I allow you both apanage and that you have free disposal rights at the apartment in the Royal Mews (that is, you do not have to pay a rent).
But be a bit more princess for us! Like the role! And take responsibility for it!
Come on Madeleine, we like you!
KARIN LENNMOR_ Lär av storasyster Victoria, Madeleine _ Karin Lennmor _ Expressen
So what Madeleine didn't attend during the state visit? Madeleine has reached her last trimester, this pregnancy seem to affect her harder than her first two pregnancies, and I'm sure they also took into consideration that Victoria was ill, i.e. there's some nasty bug going on that Madde could have catched had she come (expectant mothers can not take the usual medicine, so you must avoid catching any nasty bugs!!). No sane woman would jeopardize her unborn baby's and her own life like this!
