Princess Madeleine is moving to Florida, right after the royal jewel heist, hmmm

Crownprincess Victoria celebrates her 40th birthday in Sweden

A few days ago, some of the Swedish royal jewels were stolen in what was called a “daring heist.” A small collection of the crowns and other bejeweled beauties were on display at the Strängnäs Cathedral. Thieves stole two crowns and an orb. The thieves made their getaway in spectacular fashion, on a motorboat, like Bond villains. To be clear, these were not *THE* crown jewels, they were some pieces in the vast vault of crown-owned jewelry. But it does feel like the Swedish royals are like “f–k this noise, if they’re gonna take my jewelry, maybe I don’t even want to live in Sweden anymore.” That’s just what happened with Princess Madeleine, the younger sister of Crown Princess Victoria. Or maybe Maddie pulled the robbery and now she’s getting the f–k out of Dodge (Stockholm) with a couple of crowns and an orb in her suitcase?!

It’s official: America is getting a royal family. A Swedish royal family, to be exact. Today, the Royal Court announced that Princess Madeleine and her family will move to Florida in the fall.

“The time and opportunity for the United States is good for the family when the children are still in preschool age,” it said in a press release. At first blush, it may seem like a crazy move: After all, Florida is about 5,000 miles away from Sweden—not to mention the different cultures and climates. But Madeleine and her husband, Christopher O’Neill, are actually very connected to the States.

O’Neill is British-American, and he met Madeleine in 2010 while the princess was working in New York City. After they got married in 2013, they stayed in the States for a brief time and welcomed their first child, Princess Leonore. In the years after, they decided to decamp to London and Stockholm, where they had two more children: Adrienne and Nicolas.

The Royal Court confirmed that, upon their move, the family will leave the British capital but still keep a residence in Sweden. Which city or town in Florida is still unknown—however, the Palm Beach Daily News reported that O’Neill’s mother lives in Palm Beach, so perhaps the family of five will be moving closer to her.

[From Vogue]

My guess is that Madeleine and Christopher aren’t going to be pulling the U-Haul up to a house in Daytona or Fort Lauderdale. My guess is that they’re moving to one of the wealthiest enclaves of the state, Palm Beach or Key Biscayne or whatever (I don’t know a lot about rich Florida enclaves, you got me!). Wherever Athina Onassis and the horse culture people live, that’s probably where Madeleine will set up. As for the move and what it means… I don’t think it means all that much in the grand scheme of things. Christopher O’Neill’s work was always going to take him out of Sweden, and Madeleine knew that when she married him. She was happy living in New York and London, and I got the feeling they only moved back to Sweden to appease her family and the Swedish people, but it was only temporary. Anyway, welcome to Trump’s Murica, Maddie. It’s going to be awful here for a while.

Maddie: Babe, hide this orb for me.
Chris: Where should I put it?
Maddie: YOU KNOW WHERE.

Crownprincess Victoria celebrates her 40th birthday in Sweden

Photos courtesy of WENN, Avalon Red.

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