Happy Halloween from Princess Madeleine of Sweden and her family!
On October 31, the Swedish princess continued the tradition by posting a new photo of her loved ones wearing their Halloween costumes. Princess Madeleine, 42, and her husband Christopher O’Neill are parents to Princess Leonora, 10, Prince Nicolas, 9, and Princess Adrienne, 6, and the royal mom shared a photo of her daughters in costume.
“It’s a spooky Halloween this year!” Princess Madeleine posted on Instagram and added two ghost emojis. The snap captured Princess Adrienne and Princess Leonore standing back-to-back under a tree, modeling their classic Halloween outfits.
Princess Adrienne wore what looked like a Little Red Riding Hood dress with a red bow in her hair, while Princess Leonore struck a pose in a ghost dress. The sisters teamed up for some fun holiday makeup — perhaps hinting that they’ve inherited their mom’s passion for Halloween!
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Princess Madeleine is the youngest daughter of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia, and returned to Sweden with her husband and children over the summer after living in the US for nearly six years.
Madeleine and Christopher moved to Florida in 2018 and embraced American traditions like celebrating the 4th of July and dressing up for Halloween. The couple’s love story began in New York in 2010, where the princess met the British-American financier while working for Queen Silvia’s World Childhood Foundation. They married in June 2013 and welcomed their children in the years that followed as they traveled the world.
Princess Leonore, Christopher O’Neill, Princess Adrienne, Princess Madeleine and Prince Nicolas in a photo by Clément Morin.
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Princess Leonore was born in New York in 2014 and the family moved to Stockholm in 2015 before the birth of Prince Nicolas. They then moved to London later that year, Hello! he said, and Princess Adrienne was born in Stockholm in 2018. The family moved to Florida a few months later, but continued to travel back to Madeleine’s homeland for special occasions and events.
In March 2023, the Swedish Royal Court announced that Madeleine and Christopher had decided to “relocate to Sweden indefinitely” with their family, returning to Stockholm in the summer of 2024.
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Princess Madeleine and Christopher O’Neill at a ceremony to open the autumn session of the Swedish Parliament on September 10, 2024 in Stockholm.
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According to the Swedish Institute, Halloween is a “relatively new custom” in the Scandinavian country that has only been widely celebrated since the 1980s. It seems that the holiday is synonymous with costumes, trick or treating, spooky decor and parties have also become a hit with Princess Madeleine!
The royals have posted photos of their family in Halloween costumes almost every year since they moved to Florida, and Christopher joined the fun starting in 2021.
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Last year, Princess Madeleine and Christopher wore coordinated western outfits that social media commentators said resembled the characters Beth and Rip fromYellowstone.
Meanwhile, Princess Leonore, Prince Nicolas and Princess Adrienne got into the spirit as Barbie, Ghostface from Scream and Anna from Frozen — all popular American costumes among tricks.
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Source: HIS Education