Editing Queen Anne-Marie of Greece (section)

==Early life==
[[File:De koninklijke familie op het balkon van paleis Brockdorff ter ere van de verjaa, Bestanddeelnr 252-8663.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|200px|Princess Anne-Marie with the royal family on the balcony of Amalienborg Palace on her father's 55th birthday in 1954]]

Princess Anne-Marie and her sisters grew up in apartments at Frederik VIII's Palace at Amalienborg in Copenhagen and in [[Fredensborg Palace]] in [[North Zealand]]. She spent summer holidays with the royal family in her parents' summer residence at [[Gråsten Palace]] in [[Southern Jutland]]. On 20 April 1947, less than a year after Princess Anne-Marie's birth, her grandfather, Christian X, died, and her father ascended the throne as King Frederik IX.

At the time of her father's accession to the throne, only males could ascend the throne of Denmark. As Anne-Marie's parents had no sons, it was assumed that her paternal uncle, [[Prince Knud]], would one day assume the throne. The popularity of Frederik IX and his daughters and the more prominent role of women in Danish life paved the way for a new [[Act of Succession (Denmark)|Act of Succession]] in 1953 which permitted female [[Order of succession|succession]] to the throne following the principle of [[male-preference primogeniture]], where a female can ascend to the throne if she has no brothers. Her eldest sister, Margrethe, therefore became [[heir presumptive]], and Princess Benedikte and Princess Anne-Marie became second and third in the line of succession.

Anne-Marie was educated at [[N. Zahle's School]], a private school in Copenhagen, from 1952 to 1961.<ref name="Education">{{cite web|lang=en|title=Queen Anne-Marie|url=http://www.greekroyalfamily.gr/en/queen-anna-maria.html|date=23 February 2012|work=The Greek Royal Family|access-date=11 December 2023|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924023623/http://www.greekroyalfamily.gr/en/queen-anna-maria.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1961, she attended the Chatelard School for Girls, an English boarding school outside [[Montreux]] in Switzerland. In 1963 and 1964, she attended the Institut Le Mesnil, a Swiss finishing school also in Montreux.<ref name="Education"/> Upon returning from schooling, Anne-Marie undertook childcare work for a few years. This was in approval of her mother, who wished for her to become a good housewife to her future husband.{{sfn|Mateos Sáinz de Medrano|2004|p=361}}