Editing Margrethe II (section)

==Early life and education==
[[File:Het Deense Koninklijk gezin in hun woning in paleis Brockdorff in Slot Amalienbo, Bestanddeelnr 252-8594.jpg|thumb|left|Margrethe (left) with her parents and sisters, 1954]]
Margrethe was born on 16 April 1940 at 10:10 [[Central European Time|CET]] at [[Amalienborg#Frederik VIII's Palace|Frederik VIII's Palace]], in her parents' residence at [[Amalienborg]], the principal residence of the [[Danish royal family]] in the district of [[Frederiksstaden]] in central [[Copenhagen]].<ref name="facts"/> She was the first child of Crown Prince Frederik (later [[King Frederik IX]]) and Crown Princess Ingrid (later [[Queen Ingrid]]). Her father was the elder son of the then-reigning [[Christian X of Denmark|King Christian X]], while her mother was the only daughter of Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden (later [[King Gustaf VI Adolf]]). Her birth took place just one week after the beginning of [[Nazi Germany]]'s [[Denmark in World War II|occupation of Denmark]] following the [[German invasion of Denmark (1940)|war invasion]].<ref name=r1/>

Princess Margrethe was [[baptised]] on 14 May in the [[Holmen Church]] in Copenhagen.<ref name="kongeligedaab">{{cite book|first1=Lone|last1=Hindø|first2=Else|last2=Boelskifte|title=Kongelig Dåb. Fjorten generationer ved Rosenborg-døbefonten|trans-title=Royal Baptisms. Fourteen generations at the Rosenborg baptismal font|publisher=Forlaget Hovedland|year=2007|isbn=978-87-7070-014-6|language=da|page=113-116}}</ref> Her godparents were her grandfathers, King Christian X of Denmark and [[Gustaf VI Adolf|Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf]] of Sweden; her maternal great-grandfathers, [[King Gustaf V of Sweden]] and [[Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn]]; her uncles [[Prince Knud of Denmark]] and [[Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten]]; as well as her first cousin twice removed, [[Prince Axel of Denmark]].<ref name="facts">{{cite web |url=https://www.kongehuset.dk/nyheder/80-fakta-om-hm-dronningen |title=80 fakta om H.M. Dronningen |language=da-DK |date=15 April 2020 |website=Kongehuset.dk |access-date=2 January 2024 |archive-date=2 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102063229/https://www.kongehuset.dk/nyheder/80-fakta-om-hm-dronningen |url-status=live }}</ref> She was named Margrethe—the Danish variation of her late maternal grandmother [[Princess Margaret of Connaught|Crown Princess Margareta of Sweden]]'s name—Alexandrine after her paternal grandmother, [[Queen Alexandrine]], and Ingrid after her mother. Since her paternal grandfather was also [[King of Iceland]] at the time of her birth, she was given the [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]] name Þórhildur.<ref>{{cite web | title = Navnet til den ny prinsesse... | website = nfi.ku.dk | publisher = Nordisk Forskningsinstitut, [[University of Copenhagen]] | date = 18 May 2012 | url = http://nfi.ku.dk/nyheder/prinsessenavn2012/ | access-date = 23 January 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170202083411/http://nfi.ku.dk/nyheder/prinsessenavn2012/ | archive-date = 2 February 2017 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> Like her maternal grandmother, Margrethe is known affectionately as "Daisy" to her family and close friends.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16537659|title=Denmark's Queen Margrethe marks 40 years|first=Chris|last=Morris|date=13 January 2012|website=BBC News|access-date=11 May 2020|archive-date=19 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919124536/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16537659|url-status=live}}</ref>

The birth of Margrethe's younger sisters [[Princess Benedikte of Denmark|Benedikte]] and [[Queen Anne-Marie of Greece|Anne-Marie]] followed in 1944 and 1946, respectively. The princesses grew up in apartments at Frederik VIII's Palace at Amalienborg in Copenhagen and in [[Fredensborg Palace]] in [[North Zealand]]. Margrethe spent summer holidays with the royal family in her parents' summer residence at [[Gråsten Palace]] in [[Southern Jutland]]. On 20 April 1947, following the death of Christian X, Margrethe's father ascended the throne as Frederik IX.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christian-X |title=Christian X |access-date=14 January 2024 |archive-date=20 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120002951/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christian-X |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Education===
Margrethe was educated at the private school [[N. Zahle's School]] in Copenhagen, from which she graduated in 1959. She spent a year at [[North Foreland Lodge]], a boarding school for girls in [[Hampshire]], England,<ref name=ILN>{{cite news|work=The Illustrated London News|volume=227|issue=2 |year=1955|page=552|title=Princess Margrethe, who is fifteen and is heir presumptive to the Danish throne, is to study for a year in England at North Foreland Lodge, a girls' boarding school near Basingstoke, in Hampshire...}}</ref> and later studied [[prehistoric]] [[archaeology]] at [[Girton College, Cambridge]], during 1960–1961, [[political science]] at [[Aarhus University]] between 1961 and 1962, attended the [[University of Paris|Sorbonne]] in 1963, and was at the [[London School of Economics]] in 1965.{{CN|date=May 2024}} She is a [[Fellow]] of the [[Society of Antiquaries of London]].<ref name=r1/>