The Public Tragedy of the Extraordinarily Non-public Jacqueline Kennedy – E! On-line

Apparently determined for a change of surroundings, on Oct. 20, 1968, she married Greek delivery magnate Aristotle Onassis, a father of two who was 29 years older, divorced and had been having a decade-long affair with opera star Maria Callas. He additionally had a private relationship with Jackie’s still-married sister, Lee.

The match baffled individuals who knew Jackie and the way protecting she was of the Kennedy legacy. Her late husband and brother-in-law Robert reportedly did not belief him when Ari first got here into their lives, and have been fiercely against the thought of Lee ever marrying him—however he remained a buddy of the household.

After Patrick died, Jackie spent 4 weeks overseas with Ari and Lee on his yacht, Christina, to shake her melancholy. She reportedly wrote a pile of letters to her husband and returned house feeling a lot better. Ari had even inspired her to remain robust by the president’s aspect on the marketing campaign path that fall.

Lee, evidently, was shaken by the information of Jackie’s engagement to her former beau however maintained her composure and attended the marriage. “I’m very completely happy to have been on the origin of this marriage,” she informed the press, “which is able to, I’m sure, deliver my sister the happiness she deserves.”