Princess Madeleine, Chris O'Neill & Family, General News Part 5: April 2025 -

[An Ard Ri]

Arms of Princess Madeleine

Welcome to the General News of Princess Madeleine, Chris O'Neill and Family, Part 5

Commencing April 4th,2025
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[iceflower]

In connection with the partnership with minLen Madeleine and Chris have attended the Spa Awards 2025 (April 11-13) in Königswinter, Germany, yesterday, April 11:

Prinzessin Madeleine: Strahlender Auftritt bei den Spa Awards in Deutschland mit Ehemann Chris O'Neill

Prinzessin Madeleine und ihr Mann Chris O'Neill sind in Deutschland angekommen. Die zwei sind zu Gast bei den diesjährigen Spa Awards.

www.gala.de

Prinzessin Madeleine in Bonn: So verliebt stärkt ihr Chris O'Neill den Rücken

Am 11. April 2025 nahmen Prinzessin Madeleine und Chris O’Neill an den Spa Awards in Bonn teil. GALA erlebte hinter den Kulissen ein Ehepaar, das sich überraschend nahbar zeigte.

www.gala.de

Gala Magazin on Instagram: "Wie gefällt euch ihr Look?💙🙈"

2,275 likes, 78 comments - gala_magazin on April 11, 2025: "Wie gefällt euch ihr Look?💙🙈".

www.instagram.com

Gala Magazin on Instagram: "Ein tolles Paar, oder?💘"

2,330 likes, 67 comments - gala_magazin on April 11, 2025: "Ein tolles Paar, oder?💘".

www.instagram.com

 

[iceflower]

Princess Madeleine has been interviewed about her new collaboration with Weleda for German TV channel RTL:

Royaler Besuch bei den Spa Awards: Damit verdient Prinzessin Madeleine jetzt ihr eigenes Geld

www.rtl.de

Frauke Ludowig on Instagram: "Thank you #madeleineprincessofsweden for the exclusive interview! It was a pleasure"

3,093 likes, 42 comments - fraukeludowig_official on April 13, 2025: "Thank you #madeleineprincessofsweden for the exclusive interview! It was a pleasure".

www.instagram.com

 

[Alisa]

I'm seeing a power shift in the couple's dynamics and relationship. Madeleine stayed in New York, London, and Florida for the benefit and advancement of Chris' career. Now they're back in Sweden for the advancement of Madeleine's career. Sweden certainly isn't ideal for Chris' career. It's great that he's being the supportive spouse and accompanying the Princess in promoting her new business venture. She made the sacrifice for years.

 

[Silverpot]

I'm seeing a power shift in the couple's dynamics and relationship. Madeleine stayed in New York, London, and Florida for the benefit and advancement of Chris' career. Now they're back in Sweden for the advancement of Madeleine's career. Sweden certainly isn't ideal for Chris' career. It's great that he's being the supportive spouse and accompanying the Princess in promoting her new business venture. She made the sacrifice for years.

It would be interesting to know why you think Sweden isn't ideal for Chris' career.

 

[Tatiana Maria]

It would be interesting to know why you think Sweden isn't ideal for Chris' career.

That's what Chris O'Neill himself said in 2015 to explain why the couple were moving from Sweden to Britain:

Why don't you live in Sweden?
- We would definitely stay in Sweden if it had gone with my job, but I have a job that requires I'm in London. Until now, I have had three to four flight per week in Europe, mostly to London. It doesn't work in the long run. At the end of New York time I commuted between London and New York. It wouldn't also worked in the long run. I had a while twelve days a month from New York to London. I and Madeleine have now taken the decision that we are going to stay in London so that I can do my work. I don't want to come home to a hotel room alone. I want to come home to my family and eat dinner together. Everything else is not important. It is I who am the breadwinner of the family. I must first and foremost think of our little family.​

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Based on this and other interviews, I agree with the comment that Princess Madeleine has made sacrifices to prioritize her husband's career and cultural preferences throughout most of their marriage.

 

[Silverpot]

That's what Chris O'Neill himself said in 2015 to explain why the couple were moving from Sweden to Britain:

Why don't you live in Sweden?​

- We would definitely stay in Sweden if it had gone with my job, but I have a job that requires I'm in London. Until now, I have had three to four flight per week in Europe, mostly to London. It doesn't work in the long run. At the end of New York time I commuted between London and New York. It wouldn't also worked in the long run. I had a while twelve days a month from New York to London. I and Madeleine have now taken the decision that we are going to stay in London so that I can do my work. I don't want to come home to a hotel room alone. I want to come home to my family and eat dinner together. Everything else is not important. It is I who am the breadwinner of the family. I must first and foremost think of our little family.​

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Based on this and other interviews, I agree with the comment that Princess Madeleine has made sacrifices to prioritize her husband's career and cultural preferences throughout most of their marriage.

I agree that M has made lots of sacrifices and I think that now that the kids no longer need her 24/7 attention she wants something to do by herself. I do wonder what has changed for Chris though. Is he no longer the "bread winner"?

 

[moby]

Maybe things changed for Madeleine, more than for Chris, and after being mostly out of royal life the last few years, she has figured out what she might want to do and the time is right to do them?

 

[tommy100]

I wonder if, for Chris, the Covid pandemic had a big impact on how he can work and it is now easier for him to work from anywhere with a computer and Sweden makes sense for Madeleine and the children so Sweden it is.

 

[Silverpot]

I wonder if, for Chris, the Covid pandemic had a big impact on how he can work and it is now easier for him to work from anywhere with a computer and Sweden makes sense for Madeleine and the children so Sweden it is.

True, it's become easier for lots of people
Also, the cost of living must be a lot less in Sweden, with free healthcare and education, they also don't pay a lot for the Mews appartment.

 

[Mbruno]

True, it's become easier for lots of people
Also, the cost of living must be a lot less in Sweden, with free healthcare and education, they also don't pay a lot for the Mews appartment.

Do they pay anything at all for the Mews apartment?

Florida wasn't "ideal" for Chris' business either. I never understood why he didn't choose to live in New York or London if the plan was to live outside Sweden.

 

[Silverpot]

Do they pay anything at all for the Mews apartment?

Florida wasn't "ideal" for Chris' business either. I never understood why he didn't choose to live in New York or London if the plan was to live outside Sweden.

I don't know anything about the rent, of course, I was just assuming that they pay about the same as the other tennants, a kind of "peppercorn" rent.

Hard to know what would be the "ideal" location for Chris since nobody knows exactly what his business is. Or rather was, he's terminated it as I've understood it.

 

[tommy100]

I've always thought he was managing other peoples money - he worked for N M Rothschild & Sons which is known for managing assets for others.

Interestingly - wikipedia states

His marriage to a Swedish princess necessitated that, if he continued with Noster Capital, the fund would have to divest entirely from companies that traded on the Stockholm Stock Exchange and, moreover, divest from any company which had more than a third of its sales in Sweden.[8] O'Neill resigned from Noster Capital in consequence of these demands

Which seems a little odd now his wife is starting her own skincare line with a large multinational company.

 

[iceflower]

Madeleine shared a lovely new photo of Nicolas and the family's dog together with an Easter message:

Princess Madeleine of Sweden on Instagram: "Happy Easter everyone! 💐"

20K likes, 224 comments - princess_madeleine_of_sweden on April 20, 2025: "Happy Easter everyone! 💐".

www.instagram.com

 

[An Ard Ri]

Princess Madeleine gave an interview and addressed some of the criticism regarding her latest venture
Princess Madeleine responds to 'criticisms' following major move

 

[iceflower]

Princess Madeleine gave an interview and addressed some of the criticism regarding her latest venture
Princess Madeleine responds to 'criticisms' following major move

That's the interview with German channel RTL mentioned on April 15 above, Hello magazine is quoting from.

 

[Tatiana Maria]

Princess Madeleine has been interviewed about her new collaboration with Weleda for German TV channel RTL:

https://www.rtl.de/videos/damit-ver.../www.instagram.com/p/DIaqfPjCxM5/?img_index=1

Princess Madeleine gave an interview and addressed some of the criticism regarding her latest venture
Princess Madeleine responds to 'criticisms' following major move

That's the interview with German channel RTL mentioned on April 15 above, Hello magazine is quoting from.

According to Hello!'s translation of Princess Madeleine's interview on RTL:

In an interview with German outlet, RTL News, Madeleine was asked about the new venture, with host Fauke Ludowig mentioning critics who said the royal's plans didn't "fit" with the life expected of a royal.

"I can understand their concerns and the criticisms that they have," Madeleine responded. "But a couple of years ago there was a big decision, that they're slimming down and focusing more on my sister, the Crown Princess [Victoria].

"And I think many monarchies in Europe are doing that, and with that they slimmed it down and said "okay, we're focusing more on the Crown Princess's family."

She continued: "So me and my brother [Carl Philip], it kind of gave us the opportunity to do other things. Nowadays, I don't have many official duties anymore, or I should not do that many. So then I said, 'Ok, I'll do it!'"​

Interesting that the princess refers to other European royal families. Her father the king has in the past also mentioned taking the customs in other European royal families, not only of Sweden, into account in his decisions.

The reduction of the size of the Royal House took place 5.5 years ago, so I wonder what she means by the “big decision” “a couple of years ago".

 

[Somebody]

And she left Sweden several years prior to that decision.

 

[An Ard Ri]

I hadn't noticed it before but I can see a strong family resemblance to his grandfather in the new photo of Prince Nicolas ,Duke of Ångermanland.
Prince Nicolas of Sweden looks the spitting image of his grandfather, King Carl Gustaf, in a new photo released by Princess Madeleine