Ahead of her 80th birthday, we are continuing our series on Queen Margrethe of Denmark with a look at her childhood in photos.
Margrethe with her parents, Crown Prince Frederick and Crown Princess Ingrid, as a baby
[getty src=”558637801″ width=”387″ height=”594″]Princess Margrethe in the arms of her grandfather, King Christian X in 1940
[getty src=”104409884″ width=”442″ height=”594″]Princess Margrethe in 1941
[getty src=”104409893″ width=”422″ height=”594″]Princess Margrethe with her parents in 1942
[getty src=”136633319″ width=”594″ height=”408″]Princess Margrethe and Princess Benedikte in a liberated Copenhagen in May 1945 with their mother, Crown Princess Ingrid and their maternal grandfather, Crown Prince (future King) Gustaf Adolph of Sweden
[getty src=”515998230″ width=”436″ height=”594″]A family photo in 1946 with a baby Princess Anne-Marie
[getty src=”104409890″ width=”594″ height=”437″]Princesses Benedikte and Margrethe attend a Swedish Christmas event (St Lucia) in December 1946 (their mother, Crown Princess Ingrid was Swedish).
[getty src=”104409719″ width=”433″ height=”594″]Margrethe pictured as St Lucia in 1947
[getty src=”558634315″ width=”451″ height=”594″]Princesses Anne-Marie (2), Margrethe (8) and Benedikte (5) in 1948
[getty src=”558633801″ width=”594″ height=”427″]The Princesses with their father that same year
[getty src=”558631107″ width=”594″ height=”336″]Queen Ingrid with her three daughters on June 20, 1952. Margrethe was then 12.
Crown Princess Margrethe in Greenlandic dress in 1953 soon after becoming heir to the throne after a change in the laws of succession
[getty src=”514953606″ width=”410″ height=”594″]Margrethe and her sisters with their beloved father in 1953
[getty src=”558638135″ width=”594″ height=”415″]Margrethe on stage with her classmates after performing in Aladdin where she played Princess Jasmin.
[getty src=”104409888″ width=”594″ height=”430″]Princesses Benedikte, Margrethe and Anne-Marie in 1954
Margrethe skiing in Norway in 1954
[getty src=”104409894″ width=”420″ height=”594″]Two future queens – Margrethe of Denmark and Beatrix of the Netherlands – together at GrÃ¥sten Palace in Jutland, Denmark on 31 July 1954. The Dutch Royal Family was spending a holiday with the Danish royals.
[getty src=”159115308,80274588″ width=”441″ height=”594″]The Danish Royal Family on the royal yacht, Dannebrog, in 1956 getting ready to set sail from London back to Denmark.
[getty src=”517767342″ width=”465″ height=”594″]A 17-year-old Margrethe helps welcome Queen Elizabeth II during a state visit at Amalienborg Palace in May 1957 alongside King Frederick, Queen Ingrid, Princesses Anne-Marie and Benedikte and Prince Philip
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