Princess Madeleine’s engagement was broken off: The dream son-in-law became a traitor

The year 2010 looked bright in Sweden. Crown Princess Victoria was getting married to the current Prince Daniel. Princess Madeleine was also supposed to marry her longtime boyfriend Jonas Bergström.

However, dreams of two royal weddings in the same year were dashed in the spring. As we now know, one of the couples made it to the altar, the other did not.

A long-term relationship

Madeleine and Jonas first met through mutual friends when the princess was a 17-year-old teenager. The encounter was a short, fleeting moment. However, Jonas later said publicly that he had time to fall in love with the princess’s blue eyes and lovely string. They started dating later.

The couple had been together for seven years when the expected news reached Sweden in August 2009. Madeleine and Jonas were on vacation in Capri, Italy. Jonas knelt in front of Madeleine and the princess answered his proposal in the affirmative. The engagement was announced to the whole world on August 10.

When the Swedish government had decided that there was no obstacle to the marriage, the wedding arrangements could begin. Madeleine told the public that she was going to focus on her big sister’s wedding first, but then it would be her turn. The couple was expected to marry in late 2010.

The Swedes and the Court considered Jonas to be a real dream son-in-law for the beloved princess. He was a successful and educated lawyer who came from an illustrious family. King Kaarle Kusta was also said to have been satisfied that Madeleine, known as a party princess, would settle down. He also gave his approval to the engagement.

Rumors took over the media

After the engagement, a Norwegian journalist contacted Jonas. He had an eyewitness account of Jonaks and another woman at the Åre ski center on Easter before the engagement. Jonas had denied it to the reporter and said he wasn’t even there.

However, the story eventually reached the ears of Madeleine, who was preparing for the wedding. The couple represented for the last time alone in December.

In the spring of 2010, the media started reporting on rumors that the relationship is in crisis. In the first articles, it was said that the reason for the breakup was that Jonas does not invest enough in the relationship. According to rumors, Madeleine would have been furious that Jonas prefers to spend his time on his career and friends.

At that time, the couple lived in Madeleine’s apartment in Stockholm’s sophisticated district of Östermalm. In April, it was reported that the couple has moved apart and Madeleine has started spending more time in the United States. Madeleine’s calendar was full of events for her mother’s charity in New York, and she didn’t even attend Queen Margareta’s 70th birthday in Sweden.

It began to dawn on the Swedes that there was no wedding coming. Queen Silvia had to open her mouth about the situation. He told the media that the year is busy with the formation of the government and there is not enough time. He stated to Expressen that the weather might also be bad in October. However, according to Silvia, everything was fine with the couple.

– All kinds of things are happening now and the situation is intense, the queen told Aftonbladet’s reporter.

The media persistently continued reporting and speculating about the situation. Then the Swedish Se og Hör published an article, according to which Jonas has cheated on Madeleine. Se og Hör had received confirmation from the cheating partner himself that Jonas had cheated on Madeleine in Easter 2009 at the Åre ski resort.

21-year-old Norwegian handball player Tora Uppström Berg told Se og Hör himself that he didn’t know who Jonas was. According to him, Jonas had lied about his name to him. According to the Torah, she had caught the eye of the funny and gentlemanly Jonas and spent the night together with him.

– If I had known that Jonas was booked, I wouldn’t have done anything like that with him. I feel sorry for Madeleine, who has an unfaithful husband. I am happy that Queen Silvia has made sure that there will be no wedding, Tora said in an interview.

The article did not yet convince the Swedish court to confirm the divorce. However, not many days passed when Hovi announced that Madeleine and Jonas had broken off their engagement. The Swedish people were relieved by the separation news. They did not accept Jonas’s dishonesty.

Life went on

After the divorce, Madeleine stayed in the United States. He briefly stayed at Victoria’s bachelor party in Stockholm and then returned back to New York.

Madeleine seemed to move on quickly after the breakup. Swedish newspapers reported that Madeleine had found a comforter. The comforter in question was chosen as the sexiest hockey player in the world Henrik Lunqvist. At least there was no long-term relationship between Madeleine and the hockey player, because a year later the name of a new man made headlines.

It was reported that Madeleine was dating 36-year-old businessman Christopher “Chris” O’Nell at the time. The magazine wrote that Madeleine no longer has to depend on her father’s money, but the wealthy Chris now takes care of the princess. The couple was known to live a life of luxury in New York. They had a million dollars in a good area, they traveled in luxury resorts and ate in expensive restaurants.

While Madeleine was living her new life in New York, Begström got engaged to Madeleine’s close friend by Stephanie af Klercker with. It was rumored that Madeleine was enraged by the situation and cut off everything from Stephanie.

Madeleine also got engaged to Chris. Life went on. Stephanie and Jonas had their first child just a month before Madeleine and Chris’ first child, Princess Leonore, was born.

For a long time it was believed that the royal family has cut all ties with Jonas and Stephanie. In 2018, however, the press reported on a surprising situation involving Madeleine’s childhood friend by Lottie Gottlieb smell. Jonas and Stephanie seemed to greet the royal family with downright warmth. The royal family felt the same way about the couple.

Jonas is currently 46 years old and is still married to Stephanie. The couple have two children together, with whom they live in a prestigious area in a multimillion-dollar house. Jonas has continued his career as a lawyer and has become a successful star lawyer over the years. Stephanie is an entrepreneur. He has his own clothing brand.