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Leonore was born in the US, so she has US nationality by birth and by her father. The other two children were born in Sweden. It depends on the nationality laws of Sweden how it is handled. If they allow dual citizenship, or even three , they might be Swedish because of birth and their mother plus US because of their father.
As I understand it it always depends on the laws of the country where you were born plus on the laws of the country where you decide to move.
Maybe they make exceptions for royals? I don't know and I don't hope so.
Exactly, it depends on the laws of various countries in their case - not only where they were born but also of their parents' nationalities (at least: Sweden, USA, UK) which is why I was wondering what their nationalities are.
I assume they all have Swedish citizenship via their mother (as Sweden applies Jus Sanguinis). Leonore definitely has US citizenship (as the USA's primary system is Jus Soli); and I believe they could indeed all apply for (or may have automatically acquired) American citizenship through their father (which I assume they did as that would make living in Florida easier). Given that the UK's system (although very complicated with different categories) also is based on Jus Sanguinis since 1983, I assume they also acquired British citizenship at birth via their father. I don't know whether Madeleine has other nationalities to pass on. If Chris lost his German citizenship quite some time ago, his children wouldn't be able to apply for German citizenship through him per the rules posted above. If he didn't lose them, they would have acquired German citizenship at birth it seems - although they probably didn't register as such, as they would most likely need to prove his citizenship first.
For Swedish citizenship there is a difference between those born before and after April 2015, so different rules apply to Leonore than to Nicholas and Adrienne.
- For Leonore the following rule is relevant: the child's mother was a Swedish citizen, and the child was born on or after 1 July 1979.
- For Nicholas and Adrienne the following rule is relevant: one of the parents is a Swedish citizen at the time of the child's birth.
The main difference between prior/after april 2015 is in relation to non-married parents: previously the mother was leading in passing on her citizenship; the father could only do so if married to the child's mother or being unmarried to the child's mother but living in Sweden.
For Leonore it was important/helpful to temporarily live in Sweden to ensure that there is no doubt at all that she doesn't need to obtain approval to retain her Swedish citizenship at age 22:
SourceLoss of Swedish citizenship
Although dual citizenship is permitted, a Swedish citizen who was born outside Sweden and is a citizen of another country will lose Swedish citizenship at age 22 unless he or she is granted approval to retain Swedish citizenship between ages 18–21. However, approval is not required if:
the person has ever been domiciled in Sweden; or
the person has ever been in Sweden under circumstances that indicate a link with Sweden.
The person has domiciled for 7 years in a country participating in the Nordic Council.
In such cases the Swedish citizenship is retained.
For the UK the following seems relevant: Children born overseas are British citizens by descent if either parent is a citizen otherwise than by descent, subject to regulations.
Given that Chris obtained his British citizenship by being born in London, his children are the first 'British citizen by descent'-generation; meaning they will most likely not be able to pass on that citizenship to their children (unless they meet specific criteria, such as settling in the UK).
For Chris to be able to pass on his US-citizenship to his two younger children, the following applies:
If the birth occurred on or after November 14, 1986, the U.S. national must have resided in the United States for five years, two of them after the age of fourteen, previous to the birth of the child.
It seems Chris meets this criterion as he did both his Bachelor's as well as his Master's in the States; and, of course, they lived in New York when Leonore was born.
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