Did Jackie Kennedy have an affair with Bobby Kennedy?
Here’s a Telegraph.co.uk article about it: Jackie Kennedy ‘had four-year affair with Bobby Kennedy’ Jackie Kennedy conducted a passionate four-year affair with Bobby Kennedy, the brother of her late husband, according to a new book. Published: 1:50AM BST 07 Jul 2009 The former first lady was so in love with Mr Kennedy, that when he was shot during his presidential campaign in 1968 it was her – not his wife Ethel – who instructed doctors to turn off his life support machine. Ethel was aware of the affair but chose to ignore it, according to Bobby and Jackie: A Love Story, by C.David Heymann. Several political insiders and celebrities are quoted in the book, which will be published in the US next week. “Everybody knew about the affair. The two of them carried on like a pair of lovesick teenagers,” the late Franklin Roosevelt Jr, who served in John Kennedy’s White House, is quoted as saying in the book, the Daily Mail reports. “I suspect Bobby would’ve liked to dump Ethel and marry Jackie
The former first lady was so in love with Mr Kennedy, that when he was shot during his presidential campaign in 1968 it was her – not his wife Ethel – who instructed doctors to turn off his life support machine. Ethel was aware of the affair but chose to ignore it, according to Bobby and Jackie: A Love Story, by C.David Heymann. Several political insiders and celebrities are quoted in the book, which will be published in the US next week. “Everybody knew about the affair. The two of them carried on like a pair of lovesick teenagers,” the late Franklin Roosevelt Jr, who served in John Kennedy’s White House, is quoted as saying in the book, the Daily Mail reports. “I suspect Bobby would’ve liked to dump Ethel and marry Jackie, but, of course, that wasn’t possible.” Sources: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/576347
