Editing Catherine Oxenberg (section)

==Early life==
Oxenberg was born in New York City, and grew up in London. She is the eldest daughter of [[Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia]] (born 1936), a member of the [[Karađorđević dynasty|House of Karađorđević]], and her first husband Howard Oxenberg (1919–2010), a Jewish<ref>{{cite journal|title=Royals Rule |journal=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |first=Christopher|last=Mason|date=1997 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SugCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA28 |page=28 |quote=[[Christina Oxenberg]]: Dad's jewish, so I've always considered my sister Catherine and I to be authentic Jewish princesses.}}</ref> dress manufacturer and close friend of the [[Kennedy family]]. Her sister is [[Christina Oxenberg]]. Princess Elizabeth is the only daughter of [[Prince Paul of Yugoslavia]] (who served as regent for his cousin's eldest son King [[Peter II of Yugoslavia]]) and [[Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark]].

Through her maternal grandmother, Catherine is a first cousin once removed of: [[Prince Edward, Duke of Kent]], [[Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy]] and [[Prince Michael of Kent]]. Oxenberg is a second cousin once removed of [[Queen Sofía of Spain]] and [[Charles III]] of the United Kingdom, making Catherine a third cousin of [[Felipe VI of Spain]] and [[William, Prince of Wales]]. She is also a third cousin once removed of [[Margrethe II of Denmark]] and [[Harald V of Norway]]; and a fourth cousin to [[Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg]] and [[King Philippe of Belgium]].<ref name="wargs"/>

Oxenberg was educated at the [[Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle]] in [[Kensington, London]], [[St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire)|St. Paul's School]], and [[Columbia University]], though she did not finish college.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9xEEAAAAMBAJ&q=Catherine+Oxenberg+lycee+francais&pg=PA16|title=Orange Coast Magazine|date=Jun 1986|publisher=Emmis Communications|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Mills|first=Nancy|date=December 13, 1992|title=The Royal Unraveling|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-12-13-tv-3655-story.html|access-date=June 19, 2020|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|archive-date=June 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622041346/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-12-13-tv-3655-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

A contemporary ''[[Harvard Crimson]]'' piece indicates that she was at least initially in the Class of 1983, dubbing her "queen of the facebook".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1982/9/13/pictures-of-catherine-pinews-update-this/|title=Pictures of Catherine|author=Paul Barrett|date=September 13, 1982|access-date=December 27, 2012|archive-date=August 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130810004039/http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1982/9/13/pictures-of-catherine-pinews-update-this/|url-status=live}}</ref>