--- " Entre les deux, mon coeur balance ", his didn't Jackie was more famous.
The man was compulsively unfaithful,married to build up his ego, a step up the ladder,respected no women but his Mother.After President John Kennedy 's funeral he set his sights on the prestigious prize of The Widow.La Femme Jackie had taken a much noticed cruise on his yacht following the death of her newborn son in August 1963.In retrospect the Cruise was a set up to seduce the First Lady, to get into her inner circle, after all he already seduced Jackie's sister.
--- When she came back," She had stars in her eyes , Greek stars".On November 22, 1963 Jackie became a widow, the most famous widow of the world. She was pretty,intelligent,rich,and on the market.No one expected her to remain single at 35, he was certainly the Prize of the century.
She moved into a Fifth Avenue apartment,where she had regular" business lunches",on sundays and only the richest and the most famous men were invited, she was looking for some work, anything to keep at bay her pain and agony.
Onassis was invited to one ,began sending her ''huge bunches of red roses,and the world dropped dead when she chose and married Aristotle Onassis,she was 39,he was 62,love at second or third sight.He married her on October 1968 within weeks , Onassis was back at my doorstep in Paris ''shouting, whistling for me to let him in.''
Years later I read the Press release.
OCTOBER 20, 1968 - NEWLY-WED MR. AND MRS. ARISTOTLE ONASSIS ENTERTAINED CLOSE FRIENDS AND RELATIVES WITH A CHAMPAGNE WEDDING BREAKFAST LASTING UNTIL DAWN TODAY ABOARD THE GREEK MILLIONAIRE'S LUXURY YACHT, "CHRISTINA", ANCHORED NEAR HIS PRIVATE ISLAND, SKORPIOS, IN THE IONIAN SEA. MRS. ONASSIS WAS, UNTIL HER WEDDING ON SKORPIOS YESTERDAY, MRS. JACQUELINE KENNEDY, WIDOW OF PRESIDENT JOHN F.KENNEDY, WHO WAS ASSASSINATED NEARLY SIX YEARS AGO.
UNINVITED NEWSMEN SCUFFLED WITH POLICE OUTSIDE THE TINY CHAPEL OFTHE LITTLE HOLY VIRGIN ON SKORPIOS YESTERDAY AS, WITHIN,WINE-DRINKING AND RITUAL DANCING MARKED THE COUPLE'S MARRIAGE. MRS.KENNEDY, A DEVOUT ROMAN CATHOLIC, WAS MARRIED ACCORDING TO GREEK ORTHODOX RITES. HELICOPTERS, ARMED GUARDS, HARBOUR POLICE AND GENDARMES IN BOATS PATROLLED AROUND THE ISLAND TO MAKE SURE THE WEDDING REMAINED PRIVATE.
IN SPITE OF THE PRECAUTIONS, SCORES OF NEWSMEN "GATECRASHED" THEWEDDING. ONLY 15 REPORTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS HAD BEEN OFFICIALLY FLOWN FROM ATHENS BY THE GREEK PRESS MINISTRY TO BE PRESENT AT THE CEREMONY. ABOUT 50 UNINVITED NEWSMEN ARRIVED FROM A NEARBY ISLAND IN ROWING BOATS AND WADED ASHORE, BRUSHING ASIDE POLICEMEN WHO TRIED TO STOP THEM. THEY WERE FINALLY ALLOWED TO GATHER SHIVERING IN THE RAIN-SOAKED COURTYARD OF THE CHAPEL.
THE RAIN WAS TAKEN AS A GOOD OMEN OF RICHES AND FERTILITY BY LOCAL GREEKS. MRS. KENNEDY WORE A SOFT BEIGE TWO-PIECE WITH PLEATED SKIRT BUT CARRIED NO BOUQUET, HER DARK HAIR IN A SINGLE HEAVY BRAID SECURED BY A WHITE RIBBON. MR. ONASSIS WORE A DARK BLUE SUIT WITHA RED TIE AND A SPRIG OF LEMON BLOSSOM IN HIS BUTTON HOLE. THE 30 GUESTS INCLUDED PRESIDENT KENNEDY'S CHILDREN, JOHN AND CAROLINE.
AFTER THE CEREMONY, THE 62-YEAR-OLD MR. ONASSIS SIGNED A DOCUMENT PLEDGING THAT ANY CHILDREN BORN OF THE UNION WITH HIS 39-YEAR-OLD BRIDE WOULD BE BROUGHT UP IN THE GREEK ORTHODOX FAITH - IN DIRECT CONFLICT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF MRS. ONASSIS' FAITH THAT CHILDREN OF "MIXED MARRIAGES" BE BROUGHT UP AS ROMAN CATHOLICS. THE COUPLE THEN DROVE TO THE SHELTERED BAY WHERE THE "CHRISTINA" LAY TO ANCHOR.
ON BOARD, 13 MAIDENS FROM THE NEIGHBOURING ISLAND OF LEFKAS, IN NATIONAL COSTUME, SANG AND DANCED FOR THE WEDDING PARTY. FINALLY,MOST OF THE GUESTS LEFT AND A SMALL PRIVATE PARTY WAS HELD UNTIL THE EARLY HOURS OF THIS MORNING.
UNINVITED NEWSMEN SCUFFLED WITH POLICE OUTSIDE THE TINY CHAPEL OFTHE LITTLE HOLY VIRGIN ON SKORPIOS YESTERDAY AS, WITHIN,WINE-DRINKING AND RITUAL DANCING MARKED THE COUPLE'S MARRIAGE. MRS.KENNEDY, A DEVOUT ROMAN CATHOLIC, WAS MARRIED ACCORDING TO GREEK ORTHODOX RITES. HELICOPTERS, ARMED GUARDS, HARBOUR POLICE AND GENDARMES IN BOATS PATROLLED AROUND THE ISLAND TO MAKE SURE THE WEDDING REMAINED PRIVATE.
IN SPITE OF THE PRECAUTIONS, SCORES OF NEWSMEN "GATECRASHED" THEWEDDING. ONLY 15 REPORTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS HAD BEEN OFFICIALLY FLOWN FROM ATHENS BY THE GREEK PRESS MINISTRY TO BE PRESENT AT THE CEREMONY. ABOUT 50 UNINVITED NEWSMEN ARRIVED FROM A NEARBY ISLAND IN ROWING BOATS AND WADED ASHORE, BRUSHING ASIDE POLICEMEN WHO TRIED TO STOP THEM. THEY WERE FINALLY ALLOWED TO GATHER SHIVERING IN THE RAIN-SOAKED COURTYARD OF THE CHAPEL.
THE RAIN WAS TAKEN AS A GOOD OMEN OF RICHES AND FERTILITY BY LOCAL GREEKS. MRS. KENNEDY WORE A SOFT BEIGE TWO-PIECE WITH PLEATED SKIRT BUT CARRIED NO BOUQUET, HER DARK HAIR IN A SINGLE HEAVY BRAID SECURED BY A WHITE RIBBON. MR. ONASSIS WORE A DARK BLUE SUIT WITHA RED TIE AND A SPRIG OF LEMON BLOSSOM IN HIS BUTTON HOLE. THE 30 GUESTS INCLUDED PRESIDENT KENNEDY'S CHILDREN, JOHN AND CAROLINE.
AFTER THE CEREMONY, THE 62-YEAR-OLD MR. ONASSIS SIGNED A DOCUMENT PLEDGING THAT ANY CHILDREN BORN OF THE UNION WITH HIS 39-YEAR-OLD BRIDE WOULD BE BROUGHT UP IN THE GREEK ORTHODOX FAITH - IN DIRECT CONFLICT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF MRS. ONASSIS' FAITH THAT CHILDREN OF "MIXED MARRIAGES" BE BROUGHT UP AS ROMAN CATHOLICS. THE COUPLE THEN DROVE TO THE SHELTERED BAY WHERE THE "CHRISTINA" LAY TO ANCHOR.
ON BOARD, 13 MAIDENS FROM THE NEIGHBOURING ISLAND OF LEFKAS, IN NATIONAL COSTUME, SANG AND DANCED FOR THE WEDDING PARTY. FINALLY,MOST OF THE GUESTS LEFT AND A SMALL PRIVATE PARTY WAS HELD UNTIL THE EARLY HOURS OF THIS MORNING.
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