Have to agree with you Zonk,In regards to Queen Silvia's statement and the PR actions of the Swedish Court, I am going to chalk this up to unchartered territory...when was the last time a Swedish royal engagement happened (I am thinking the late Queen Ingrid of Denmark )...and they simply didn't know what do. Plus, the press is vicious when smelling blood in the water in regards to a story.
Not often the Swedes break their betrothals and I think they have handled it well.Maybe the King had a session of -Andy Hardy's man to man with Jonas and the press release was from the Queen.I think Maddie is going to the States for the reasons you have mentioned here.