Editing Princess Benedikte of Denmark (section)

==Interests==
[[File:Adler-benedikte 99.jpg|thumb|260px|Princess Benedikte at the summer camp of [[Det Danske Spejderkorps|The Danish Guide and Scout Association]] in 1999]]Princess Benedikte is very much involved in the [[Girl Guide and Girl Scout]] organization in Denmark as well as internationally. When she was a child, a special Scout unit was created so that she could join the Guides. Now her involvement is more at the organisational level as she is chairman for [[Pigespejdernes Fællesråd Danmark]] (''Joint Committee of Girl Guides in Denmark''). She is patron of [[De grønne pigespejdere]] (''The Green Girl Guides, Denmark'') and [[Det Danske Spejderkorps]] (The Danish Guide and Scout Association). In addition, she is patron of the [[Olave Baden Powell Society]] (OB-PS), a support organisation for the [[World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts]]. She is an honorary member of the St George's Guilds in Denmark. In 2007 she was awarded with a prize of honour by this Scout association for adults.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Rosenbom |first1=Niels |title=Prize of honour to HRH Princess Benedikte |newspaper=World Gazette Mondiale-News from the International Scout and Guide Fellowship (an organisation for adults)-ISGF |date=December 2007 |url=http://www.isgf.org/Members/faouzia/Folder.2003-12-19.5819/folder.2006-02-02.9722418883/file.2008-02-01.9355443262 |access-date=2 February 2008 |archive-date=9 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509165237/http://www.isgf.org/Members/faouzia/Folder.2003-12-19.5819/folder.2006-02-02.9722418883/file.2008-02-01.9355443262 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

She is also involved in equestrian sport, and has acted as an honorary patron of the World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses.<ref>{{cite web|title=Three candidates for the FEI Presidency|url=http://feiworldcup.org/news/three-candidates-fei-presidency|website=FEI|publisher=International Equestrian Federation|access-date=18 December 2014}}</ref> In 2006, she ran in an election for president of the [[International Equestrian Federation]], but she was heavily defeated, earning only 16 votes and placing last out of the three candidates.<ref>{{cite web|title=Haya of Jordan Elected FEI President|url=http://www.phelpssports.com/viewarticle.php?id=83|publisher=Phelps Sports|access-date=18 December 2014}}</ref>