Madame Claude ran a legendary Parisian prostitution ring that allegedly drew clients from JFK and Marlon Brando to the Shah of Iran and Moammar Khadafy.
The 33 letters were to Rev. Joseph Leonard, a Dublin priest whom she befriended during a visit to Ireland in 1950.
Jackie Kennedy Letters Shine Light on Her Marriage and Mourning
On the 60th anniversary of JFK and Jackie's 1953 wedding, presents a gallery of Lisa Larsen's pictures from the day.
JFK and Jackie's Wedding: LIFE Photos From Newport, September, 1953
Jackie Bouvier and John F. Kennedy were married on September 12, 1953, in Newport, Rhode Island, in front of some 700 wedding guests. In honor of what would have been the couple's 61st anniversary, various news outlets have been trotting out pictures of their wedding day, with a dapper JFK in a morning coat, and Jackie looking radiant in her now-iconic wedding dress—which, it turns out, she hated. According to Time, the 24-year-old bride—"already a tastemaker with a reputation for devil-may-care chic'"—wanted an unfussy dress with sleek lines. Instead, she "bowed to family pressure to wear something more traditional, despite thinking it looked like a lampshade." Let's go in for a closer look. (Who needs the groom, anyway? I kid, I kid.) Here's a slide show of their wedding day, if you're interested. The "lampshade" dress and its 50 yards of ivory silk taffeta almost didn't see the light of day when a pipe burst in designer Ann Lowe's New York studio a week before Jackie and JFK's nuptials. The dress—which had originally taken eight weeks to cut and sew—was re-created by the designer and her team just in time for the wedding. Talk about pre-wedding stress. Thoughts on Jackie's
Jackie Kennedy Wedding Dress Pictures: Photos of JFK, Jackie's
Look back at JFK and Jackie Kennedy’s wedding in Newport, Rhode Island, including all of the details about the engagement ring, ceremony, wedding dress, and reception.
From The Engagement Ring To The Wedding Dress, Everything You Need
When President John F. Kennedy traveled to West Berlin on June 26, 1963, he wanted to assure the people there—who were literally walled off from the eastern portion of their city by Communist Russia—that Americans stood with them. Ever the classicist, Kennedy drew from the ancient Romans’ statement of Civis Romanus sum “I am
Jackie Kennedy's Prowess as a Polygot – America the Bilingual
A collection of 13 photo negatives from the wedding of John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy, found in the darkroom of the photographer who took them more than six decades ago, is available for sale in an online auction.Each negative comes in its original sleeve, labeled “Pres. Kennedy 1953,” and is accompanied by a print, the first ever made from the negatives.“It’s just unbelievable tha
Unseen JFK-Jackie Kennedy wedding photos up for auction
If you have been watching The Crown, Netflix's hit series about the life of Queen Elizabeth, you may have been surprised to see American royalty visit with British royalty, when Jackie and John F. Kennedy stopped by Buckingham Palace.
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What Really Happened When Jackie Kennedy Met Queen Elizabeth
Fifty years ago today, on February 3, 1971, former First Lady and widow of President John F. Kennedy, by then remarried, made her first and only visit back to the White House. After the trauma of her first husband's assassination on November 22, 1963, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis vowed to never return to the executive mansion.
Jackie & The Nixons: Mrs. Kennedy Returns to the White House, With
A single baked potato, stuffed with Beluga caviar and sour cream.
I Tried Jackie Kennedy's Caviar Diet
JFK asked for a hooker who looked like Jackie — 'but hot
In 1994, just one year after being diagnosed with lymphoma, former first lady Jaqueline Kennedy passed away. Now REELZ explores just what led to her passing.
Inside The 1994 Death Of Jacqueline Kennedy
Did Jackie Kennedy and her sister not get along? If so, why? - Quora