The family’s future apartment has undergone two major renovations in recent years. The royals don’t have to pay rent.
Princess Madeleine will move back to Sweden in August after spending more than a decade in the world. Husband Chris O’Neill and children princess Leonorea prince Nicholas and the princess Adrienne are now settling permanently in Madeleine’s homeland for the first time.
Princess Madeleine will soon return to Sweden. Stella Pictures
Doesn’t pay rent
The family’s new home is located in Stockholm’s Östermalm in Hovstallet, i.e. the court stables of the royal palace. There are a total of ten buildings in the area, two of which are horse stables. The other buildings house, among other things, residential apartments.
Aftonbladet according to which the king determines who gets to live in Hovstallet’s apartments. Members of the royal family do not have to pay rent for their apartment.
Hovstallet is located in the center of Stockholm. PDO
The princess family moves into the same apartment where Madeleine has lived before. The family has stayed at their Hovstallet base every time they visit Stockholm.
Extensive renovations
The spectacular pytinki is located right in the heart of the city. Madeleine’s apartment underwent a major renovation in 2014, which cost 6.8 million kroner, or about 600 thousand euros – even double what was originally planned.
Many years did not pass, when in 2018 a new renovation started in the apartment. The space was expanded by connecting two apartments and a wardrobe was built into the apartment. The price came to five million kroner, or about 430 thousand euros.
Already the second major renovation of the apartment caused resentment among taxpayers. Thanks to the renovations, which were largely financed with tax money, the originally five-room apartment has been expanded with two additional rooms.
Madeleine and O’Neill’s renovations to the apartment have caused outrage among taxpayers. PDO
An addition was made to the apartment during the renovation Svensk Damtidning including various luxury elements as requested by Madeleine and O’Neill. According to Aftonbladet, the couple has paid for additional luxury elements, for example expensive household appliances.
Madeleine moved into her apartment on Väpnargatan for the first time already in 2004.
The exact size or location of the apartment within the building has not been disclosed to the public for security reasons. Aftonbladet knows that the three- and four-room apartments of Madeleine’s neighbors range between 130 and 230 square meters. The seven-room local of the royal family must therefore be considerably larger than this.
The court stables are located in Hovstallet. PDO
Florida home for sale
Until now, Madeleine and O’Neill have lived in Florida. Purchased in 2020, the 600-square-meter villa has eight bedrooms, six bathrooms, a spacious walk-in closet, a terrace suitable for organizing parties, and a swimming pool – among other things. The house is surrounded by a huge garden.
Originally, the couple asked for 79 million kroner, or about 7.6 million euros, for their house. However, the house did not sell, so the asking price was reduced to 77 million kroner.
Adrienne, Nicolas and Leonore will start school in Sweden in August. Photo from 2021. PDO
The family moves to Sweden, as the couple’s children must go to school in Sweden in order to retain their right to inherit the crown.