Editing Princess Benedikte of Denmark (section)

===Childhood and education===
[[File:Princess Birgitta and Johan Georg von Hohenzollern 1961.jpg|thumb|left|Princess Benedikte as a bridesmaid at the 1962 wedding of [[Princess Birgitta of Sweden]] and [[Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern]]]]
Princess Benedikte 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 the summer holidays with the royal family at her parents' summer residence at [[Gråsten Palace]] in [[Southern Jutland]]. On 20 April 1947, King Christian X died and Benedikte's 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 her parents had no sons, it was assumed that her uncle [[Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark|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. Benedikte's elder sister Margrethe therefore became [[heir presumptive]], and Princess Benedikte and Princess Anne-Marie became second and third in the line of succession.

Princess Benedikte was educated at [[N. Zahle's School]], a [[private school]] in Copenhagen, followed by stays at a [[boarding school]] ([[Benenden School]])<ref name="courtneypage29">{{cite book |last1=Courtney |first1=Nicholas |title=Princess Anne: A Biography |date=1986 |publisher=Weidenfeld and Nicolson |location=London |isbn=9780297789581 |access-date=22 April 2020 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SYLVVUR51s8C&q=Benenden+School,+Princess+Benedikte |quote="The school helped too, although Miss Gee admitted to having a Royal charge 'a bit of a shock, but we had had a princess at Benenden before - a Danish one [Benedikte] - and after she [Anne] had arrived, it was all perfectly normal."}}</ref> in England and a Swiss [[finishing school]]. In 1965 she took a class at the Margrethe-Skolen, a private fashion and design school in Copenhagen.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/danmark/stilfuld-stilfrdighed|title=Stilfuld stilfærdighed|publisher=[[Kristeligt Dagblad]]|language=da|access-date=23 March 2016|date=28 April 2004}}</ref>